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AND TRUTH 


Concerning the 


END OF THE WORLD 


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G. G. RUPERT 


UNION PUBLISHING COMPANY 

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Entered According to Act of Congress June, 1914 

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PREFACE 


For years the alarmist has set various times for the coming 
of Christ. The more conservative class has watched develop¬ 
ments and studied the prophetic word. Scoffers have arisen. 
Unbelievers have multiplied. “Because iniquity abounds, the 
love of many has waxed cold.” The majority of Christen¬ 
dom is no longer affected by the subject of the near advent. 

Signs pointed out in the Scriptures have multiplied in the 
scientific and spiritual world. Inventions have developed, from 
the Lucifer match to the flyin^machine; from pen and ink 
to telephone and wireless telegraph. Business has evolved 
from neighborly honesty to modern monopolies, corporations 
and trusts; society no longer enjoys the fireside circle, but 
wears itself out in clubs, leagues and confederacies. Thus 
the world moves onward; but as to the definite end of all 
this, so clearly pointed out in the Bible, it is unsettled as to 
its nature and unprepared in every way. 

With clearness, precision and positiveness, the writer en¬ 
deavors to show, in this pamphlet: First, the truth of the 
Bible concerning this vital event; second, the traditions of 
remote ages; and, third, by a simple line of chronology the 
time when it will occur. 

The author is affiliated with no class, creed or congrega¬ 
tion ; and, under God and His Word, is alone responsible for 
the plain facts herein promulgated. 

Trusting its message may reach every honest heart, and 
they are many; and help all to make a sensible and practicable 
preparation for the close of probation, it is sent to you by 

The Author. 








PART I 


A GREAT PROPHETIC OBJECT LESSON 

Religious teachers of the Bible seem never to have realized 
the full need of teaching the Old Testament Scriptures. They 
have not seemed to grasp the thought that the principal his¬ 
torical events of past ages are recorded for the chief reason 
of teaching, or illustrating, future events of a similar nature. 
“Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: 
and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends 
of the world are come ” i Cor. 10:11. This is true also of 
the laws written by Moses, as the following pages will reveal 
to the reader. 

We are particularly admonished, in the last days, to re¬ 
member the law of Moses, which God commanded him. Here 
is the statement: <c Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, 
which I commanded him in Horeb for all Israel, with the 
statutes and judgments.” Mai. 4:4. 

In contrast with this divine admonition, we quote the fol¬ 
lowing from a modern writer on The Law and the Covenants: 
“This whole system of Jewish laws, which were distinct from 
the moral law, came to an end at Calvary, and are no longer 
binding on Jew or Gentile. P. 71. Also from a table on pp. 
66 and 67 we quote: “(a) Not good; ( b ) Yoke of bondage; 
(i) Superseded by faith; (/) Carnal; ( k ) Christ caused to 
cease; (0) Taken away,” etc., etc. 

The trouble with these positions is, the writers have not 
seen the purpose of God in these laws. They have not seen 
that in every precept written by Moses there is a lesson for 

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the guidance of Christians in every age of the world. The 
following pages, we think, will show clearly the importance 
of an acquaintance with the writings of Moses. 

We find in the book of Leviticus, in the twenty-third to the 
twenty-fifth chapters, a record of ten feasts, known as annual 
sabbaths, which were observed on certain days of the year. 
On the fourteenth day of the first month, which answers to 
our April, was the Lord’s passover. This feast was to com¬ 
memorate the deliverance of the first-born of Israel just prior 
to their leaving Egypt. Their houses were marked by the 
blood of the slain lamb; and when the destroying angel saw 
this mark, which showed their faith in God, he passed over 
the dwelling. But it was not so with the first-born of the 
Egyptians; they were slain. This feast was not only com¬ 
memorative, but was typical. It pointed forward to the cru¬ 
cifixion of the true Lamb of God, and hence Christ was the 
true passover. “Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye 
may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ 
our passover is sacrificed for us.” I Cor. 5 \J. 

On the fifteenth day of the same month was the feast of un¬ 
leavened bread. This was also typical of Christ, the bread 
of life, which came down from heaven. “I am the living 
bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this 
bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is 
my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world. Whoso 
eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and 
I will raise him up at the last day.” Jno. 6:51, 54. 

Also, in the beginning of the harvest, on the day follow¬ 
ing the weekly Sabbath, they were to wave, or offer, before 
the Lord a sheaf of the first-fruits of the harvest. This sheaf 
was typical, and represented the resurrection of Christ, as we 
read: “But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the 
first-fruits of them that slept. For since by man came death, 
by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in 
Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. But 


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every man in his own order; Christ the first-fruits; after - 
ward they that are Chrisfs at his coming.” i Cor, 15:20-23. 
“Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall 
into the ground and die, it abideth alone; but if it die, it 
bringeth forth much fruit.” John 12:24. And Paul says, 
“That which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die.” 1 
Cor. 15:36. Man’s death and resurrection are compared to 
the grain as it is cast into the ground and dies, thus bringing 
forth fruit. 

Following this feast, they were to count fifty days, thus:— 
“And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the 
Sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave 
offering; seven Sabbaths shall be complete; even unto the 
morrow after the seventh Sabbath shall ye number fifty days; 
and ye shall offer a new meat-offering unto the Lord.” Verses 
15, 16, 18. This was a great feast, and met its antitype fifty days 
after the resurrection of our Lord, on the day of Pentecost. 
These were called spring types, as they occurred in the spring 
of the year. Following these, in the fall of the year, in the 
seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, was to be a day 
of atonement; but before this, on the first day of the month, 
was to be a blowing of trumpets: 

“Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, I11 the seventh 
month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a Sabbath, 
a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation. Ye 
shall do no servile work therein; but ye shall offer an offer¬ 
ing made by fire unto the Lord. And the Lord spake unto 
Moses, saying, Also on the tenth day of this seventh month 
there shall be a day of atonement; it shall be an holy convoca¬ 
tion unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an 
offering made by fire unto the Lord. And ye shall do no 
work in that same day; for it is a day of atonement, to make 
an atonement for you before the Lord your God. For what¬ 
soever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that same day, 
he shall be cut off from among his people. And whatsoever 


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soul it be that doeth any work in that same day, the same 
soul will I destroy from among his people. Ye shall do no 
manner of work; it shall be a statute forever throughout your 
generations in all your dwellings. It shall be unto you a 
Sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your souls; in the ninth 
day of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye celebrate 
your Sabbath.” Lev. 23 '.24-32. 

In our consideration of the two atonements in Part Three 
of this book the reader will see clearly there were two atone¬ 
ments made. The first one was made when Christ ascended. 
The second is made in connection with the close of Proba¬ 
tion. Thus the last one comes in consecutive order as indi¬ 
cated in the feasts. This locates the last one when the decree 
passes, “He that is holy let him be holy still. . . This 

marks the close of Christ’s ministry in heaven when the sins 
of the people will be placed on the head of Satan, the one 
who caused sin. 

It may be well here to review these feasts: (1) The Pass- 
over; (2) Feast of Unleavened Bread; (3) The Wave Sheaf, 
or First-Fruits of the Harvest; (4) The Pentecost. We 
think all are agreed, thus far, that these feasts pointed for¬ 
ward to, and met their antitype in the crucifixion, burial and 
resurrection of Christ, and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit 
on the day of Pentecost. It is equally plain to those who 
have made a study of the ministry of Christ in the heavenly 
sanctuary, and compared the same with the ministry of the 
High Priest in the earthly sanctuary, built by Moses,—par¬ 
ticularly the work of the day of atonement (Lev. 16), that 
the fifth and sixth feasts: viz., the blowing of the trumpets 
on the first day of the seventh month, and the day of atone¬ 
ment on the tenth day of the seventh month, meets their 
antitype at the close of probation. 

These feasts embrace the proclamation of the coming of 
Christ, and the close of Christ’s ministry in the heavenly 


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sanctuary, as expressed in the threefold message of Rev. 
14:6-12. See pp. 21 and 22. 

Mark it well, that Christendom at large understand well, 
and accept the first four feasts, as stated; and a large num¬ 
ber also accept the fifth and sixth, as here stated. May we 
not, then, look for the seventh and eighth, that of the feast 
of tabernacles and ingatherings, after probation closes, and 
before the coming of Christ and the deliverance of the rem¬ 
nant people of God? 

We read further (Lev. 23) that in this same month, five days 
later, on the fifteenth day of the month, commenced the feast of 
tabernacles, which was to last eight days; “And the Lord 
spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, 
saying, The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the 
feast of tabernacles for seven days unto the Lord. On the 
first day shall be an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile 
work therein. Seven days ye shall offer an offering made 
by fire unto the Lord; on the eighth day shall be an holy 
convocation unto you; and ye shall offer an offering made by 
fire unto the Lord; it is a solemn assembly; and ye shall do 
no servile work therein.” Verses 33-36. 

The Lord now instructs them how they shall celebrate this 
feast of tabernacles: “And ye shall take you on the first day 
the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the 
boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall 
rejoice before the Lord your God seven days. And ye shall 
keep it a feast unto the Lord seven days in the year. It shall 
be a statute forever in your generations; ye shall celebrate it 
in the seventh month. Ye shall dwell in booths seven days; 
all that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths; that your 
generations may know that I made the children of Israel to 
dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of 
Egypt; I am the Lord your God.” Verses 40-43. 

This was to commemorate their experience in the wilder¬ 
ness. And let the reader bear in mind that this feast was 


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established before their entrance into the land of Canaan; and 
the antitype of this feast must be met before the people of God 
receive their final reward. Note also that, when the end of 
the harvest was reached, and they would gather in the fruits 
of the land, in connection with this feast of tabernacles, was 
to be held the feast of ingathering:—“Also in the fifteenth 
day of the seventh month , when ye have gathered in the fruit 
of the land, ye shall keep a feast unto the Lord seven days; 
on the first day shall be a Sabbath, and on the eighth day shall 
be a Sabbath.” Verse 39. 

Now if Christ was the first-fruits of them that slept, when 
will the final ingathering, or the resurrection, take place? We 
answer, as shown by Dan. 12:1-3, that a partial resurrection 
of the righteous will take place during the time of trouble, 
after the close of probation. Before Israel’s deliverance in 
connection with the coming of Christ, the resurrection of all 
the just will take place. Hence, as the feast of tabernacles 
was to be observed while they were in the wilderness, so we 
conclude that the Scriptures teach that the feast of taber¬ 
nacles will again be lived over in the time of trouble, when 
Israel will be gathered out of all nations, and live in the most 
solitary places. We read:—“As I live saith the Lord God, 
surely with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, 
and with fury poured out, will I rule over you; and I will 
bring you out from the people, and will gather you out of the 
countries wherein ye are scattered, with a mighty hand, and 
with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out. And 
I will bring you into the wilderness of the people, and there 
will I plead with you face to face. Like as I pleaded with 
your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will 
I plead with you, saith the Lord God. And I will cause you 
to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of 
the covenant; and I will purge out from among you the reb¬ 
els, and them that transgress against Me; I will bring them 
forth out of the country where they sojourn, and they shall not 


Concerning the End of the World n 

enter into the land of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the 
Lord.” Eze. 20:33-38. 

It was in the wilderness that Israel was purged, and where 
the carcasses of the unbelievers fell. So in the time of trou¬ 
ble, when the plagues are falling, every one who is not sealed 
will feel their effects. It is at this time that these words 
written by Zechariah apply: 

“And this shall be the plague wherewith the Lord will 
smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem. 
Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their 
feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and 
their tongues shall consume away in their mouth. And it 
shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the 
Lord shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every 
one on the hand of his neighbor, and his hand shall rise up 
against the hand of his neighbor. And Judah also shall fight 
at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the heathen round about 
shall be gathered together, gold, and silver, and apparel, in 
great abundance. And so shall be the plague of the horse, of 
the mule, of the camel, and of the ass, and of all the beasts 
that shall be in these tents, as this plague. And it shall come 
to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which 
came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to 
worship the King, the Lord of hosts, and to keep the feast of 
tabernacles. And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of 
all the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the 
King, the Lord of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain. 
And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, that 
have no rain; there shall be the plague, wherewith the Lord 
will smite the heathen that come not up to keep the feast of 
tabernacles. This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the 
punishment of all nations that come not up to keep the feast 
of tabernacles.” Zech. 14:12-19. 

All who have not come to the Lord and made preparation 
will then fall by these plagues. The great antitypical feast 


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of tabernacles is very soon to take place. Let every one be 
sure that the preparation necessary to stand be made without 
delay. Without this preparation, no soul, of whatever creed 
or class, will be able to stand. 

The prophet Isaiah, also, undoubtedly refers to the feast 
of tabernacles in the closing part of his book, in these words: 
“For I know their works and their thoughts; it shall come, 
that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall 
come, and see My glory. And I will set a sign among them, 
and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, 
to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and 
Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard of My fame, 
neither have seen My glory; and they shall declare My 
glory among the Gentiles. And they shall bring all your 
brethren for an offering unto the Lord out of all nations upon 
horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and upon mules, and 
upon swift beasts, to My holy mountain Jerusalem, saith the 
Lord, as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean 
vessel into the house of the Lord.” Isa. 66:18-20. 

We have a very positive statement by the prophet Micah, 
that the wilderness experience will be repeated. The length 
of time is undoubtedly referred to by the statement, “accord¬ 
ing to the days” in the following quotation from Micah 7:14, 
15:—“Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heri¬ 
tage, which dwell solitarily in the wood, in the midst of Car¬ 
mel : let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of 
old. According to the days of thy coming out of the land of 
Egypt will I shew unto him marvellous things.” Also Deut. 
2:7; 29:5; Isa. 4:5, and Neh. 9:20-21; “Thou gavest also 
thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy 
marina from their mouth, and gavest them water for their 
thirst. Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilder - 
ness, so that they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, 
and their feet swelled not.” Eze. 34125; “And I will make 
with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts 


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to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the 
wilderness, and sleep in the zvoods” Josh. 14:10, 11; “And 
now, behold, the Lord hath kept me alive, as he said, these 
forty and five years, even since the Lord spake this word unto 
Moses, while the children of Israel wandered in the wilder¬ 
ness : and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old. 
As yet I am as strong this day as I was in the day that Moses 
sent me: as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, 
for war, both to go out, and to come in.” This shows that 
after probation closes, those who are sealed will neither die 
nor lose their strength. They will be cared for as in the 
wilderness. 

The feast of ingatherings, symbolized by the gathering of 
the fruit of the land in the fall of the year, will meet its 
antitype in the resurrection of all the righteous. We have 
that time positively stated in the following: “But I would 
not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which 
are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no 
hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even 
so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. 
For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we 
which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall 
not prevent them which are asleep. For the Lord himself 
shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the 
archangel and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ 
shall rise first” 1 Thess. 4:13-16. “For since by man came 
death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For 
as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. 
But every man in his own order: Christ the first-fruits; after¬ 
ward they that are Christ's at his coming!’ 1 Cor. 15:21-23. 

Now as these two feasts were at the same time of the 
month, it locates them definitely between the close of proba¬ 
tion and the personal coming of Christ. Later it will be seen 
that the forty years of the feast of tabernacles has its appli¬ 
cation between these two events; the same as in the wilder- 


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ness after leaving Egypt, where the plagues had been poured 
out, and before entering into the promised land. 

AN OBJECT LESSON 

Nehemiah observed this feast after the return and deliv¬ 
erance from the Babylonish captivity. It is evident from Ne- 
hemiah’s record that he understood that after the captivity of 
the last days, of which the Babylonian captivity was only an 
object lesson, this feast would meet its antitype, “And on 
the second day were gathered together the chief of the fathers 
of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra the 
scribe, even to understand the words of the law. And they 
found written in the law which the Lord had commanded by 
Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in 
the feast of the seventh month. And that they should publish 
and proclaim in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, Go 
forth unto the mount, and fetch olive branches, and pine 
branches, and myrtle branches, and palm branches, and 
branches of thick trees, to make booths, as it is written. So 
the people went forth, and brought them, and made them¬ 
selves booths, every one upon the roof of his house, and in 
their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in 
the street of the water gate, and in the street of the gate of 
Ephraim. And all the congregation of them that were come 
again out of the captivity made booths, and sat under the 
booths: for since the days of Jeshua the son of Nun unto 
that day had not the children of Israel done so. And there was 
very great gladness. Also day by day, from the first day unto 
the last day, he read in the book of the law of God. And they 
kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth day was a solemn 
assembly, according unto the manner.” Neh. 8:13-18. This 
was nearly one thousand years after the death of Joshua. 

Haggai and Zechariah, the prophets, both teach that the re¬ 
turn after the Babylonian captivity to Jerusalem and the build- 


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ing of the temple, were to be taken as object lessons point¬ 
ing forward to the gathering of Israel, the building of the 
tabernacle of David which was fallen down, the closing work 
of the ministry of Christ in the heavenly temple, and the 
antitypical feast of tabernacles. Connect this with Nehemiah’s 
reinstating this feast, and you will see clearly that Nehe- 
miah did this at this time as an object lesson to be fulfilled 
in the last days. (See our comments on Haggai and Zech- 
ariah.) 

It is elsewhere fully established by the author that the 
Babylonian captivity and many other historical events are re¬ 
corded as object lessons to illustrate what will occur in the 
last days. The incidents recorded by Nehemiah are signifi¬ 
cant. It will be in the modern land of Ephraim that this feast 
of tabernacles will be observed, as elsewhere taught. 

Notice that they spent their time in the study of the law 
of Moses. It would be well now for the Lord’s people to 
assemble and make an especial study of that law, as it con¬ 
tains much light on all national questions. 

THE SABBATIC YEAR 

Now, turning again to the book of Leviticus, we find there 
are two more feasts, as recorded in the twenty-fifth chapter. 
The consecutive order of these feasts locates the antitype of 
this one beyond the personal coming of Christ; for the coming 
of Christ takes place soon after the close of the antitypical 
feast of tabernacles and ingatherings. 

Now what lesson does this Scripture teach us? The for¬ 
mer feasts are all recorded in the twenty-third chapter. The 
twenty-fourth chapter introduces another object lesson, which 
has its application in connection with the coming of Christ, 
and the close of His ministry in the heavenly temple, and 
representing the final destiny of all those who have trans¬ 
gressed the law of God. We can only refer the reader to 


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this chapter as representing the destruction of the wicked at 
the coming of Christ. 

Then follows the instruction concerning the Sabbatic year 
as recorded in Lev. 25 :i -7:—“And the Lord spake unto Moses 
in mount Sinai, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, and 
say unto them, When ye come into the land which I give you, 
then shall the land keep a sabbath unto the Lord. Six years 
thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy 
vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof; But in the seventh 
year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath for 
the Lord: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vine¬ 
yard. That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest 
thou shalt not reap, neither gather the grapes of thy vine un¬ 
dressed : for it is a year of rest unto the land. And the sab¬ 
bath of the land shall be meat for you; for thee, and for thy 
servant, and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant, and for 
thy stranger that sojourneth with thee, And for thy cattle, 
and for the beast that are in thy land, shall all the increase 
thereof be meat.” 

We hold that these feasts represent the history of the world 
for seven thousand years: viz., six thousand years when com¬ 
pleted, will mark the coming of Christ; the destruction of all 
the living wicked; the translation of the living righteous; the 
resurrection of the righteous dead; and the ascension of all 
the living righteous to the heavenly mansions; leaving the 
earth deserted, desolated, uncultivated and a waste, to rest, 
during the seventh thousandth year of time. 

The following Scriptures have their application at the be¬ 
ginning of this period: “Behold, the Lord maketh the earth 
empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and 
scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof. And it shall be, as 
with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so 
with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as 
with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with 
the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver 


Concerning the End of the World 17 

of usury to him. The land shall be utterly emptied, and utter¬ 
ly spoiled: for the Lord hath spoken this word. The earth 
mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth 
away, the haughty people of the earth do languish. Isa. 24: 
1-4. “I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and 
void; and the heavens, and they had no light. I beheld the 
mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved 
lightly. I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds 
of the heavens were fled. I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place 
was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down 
at the presence of the Lord, and by his fierce anger. For 
thus hath the Lord said, The whole land shall be desolate; 
yet will I not make a full end.” Jer. 4:23-27. (For full expo¬ 
sition of the Millennium see The Inspired History of the Na¬ 
tions.) 

Another strong evidence of the above application is the 
chronological order in which this feast is located, both to the 
ones preceding and those following it. It is also a focal 
point of all historic object lessons and prophecy. Any one 
who will acquaint himself with these facts will have no doubt as 
to their application. 

The seventh thousandth year is marked, at its beginning, 
by the resurrection of the righteous; and at its close by the 
resurrection of the wicked. It is marked as the period when 
Satan will be bound, having no subjects to deceive. Rev. 
20:5-8. 

AN OLD TRADITION 

It has been the impression and understanding of men of 
past ages, that when six thousand years had expired, the 
world, in its present condition, would end. Concerning the 
origin of this tradition, we quote from Bliss’s Sacred Chro¬ 
nology, pp. 208, 209. Gregory says: “In the first verse of 
the first chapter of Genesis, the Hebrew letter Aleph, which 
in the Jewish arithmetic stands for one thousand, is six times 


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found. From hence the ancient cabalists concluded that the 
world would last six thousand years. Because, also, God was 
six days about the Creation, and “A thousand years with Him 
are but as one day” (Ps. 90:4; 2 Peter 3:8), therefore, after 
six days, that is, six thousand years’ duration of the world, 
there shall be a seventh day, or millenary sabbath of rest.” 

Abulfaragious, a writer of the thirteenth century, and an 
Armenian annalist, states the popularity of this tradition as 
the main reason for the Jews altering their chronology to 
disprove the divinity of Christ, “It having been foretold in 
the law and the prophets, concerning the Messiah, that he 
should be sent in the last times.” 

We quote further from Mr. Bliss (Sacred Chronology, p. 
209) : “This early tradition of the Jews was found also in 
the Sibylline Oracles, and in Hesiod, as we have seen; in the 
writings of Darius Hystaspes, the old king of the Medes, 
derived probably from the Magi; and in Hermes Trismegistus, 
among the Egyptians; and was adopted by the early Chris¬ 
tian Fathers, Clemens, Timotheus, and Theophilus, Bishop of 
Antioch. 

We gather from the above: (1) This tradition originated 
from the creation; (2) So understood as taught by the law 
of Moses and the prophets; (3) And is now impressed upon 
the minds of the general student of the Bible: viz., That 
when the sixth thousandth year expires Christ will come. 

Menasse, an ancient Jewish rabbi, thus expressed his belief: 

“As for my opinion, I think that after six thousand years 
the world shall be destroyed, upon one certain day, or in one 
hour; that the arches of heaven shall make a stand as im¬ 
movable ; that there will be no more generation or corrup¬ 
tion; and all these things, by the resurrection, shall be reno¬ 
vated, and return to a better condition.” Bliss’ Sacred Chron¬ 
ology, P- 210. Menasse also assures us that “this, out of doubt, is 
the opinion of the most learned Aben Ezra,” who looked for it 
in the new earth of Isa. 65:17. 


Concerning the End of the World 


19 


Bishop Russell, Professor of Ecclesiastical History in the 
Scottish Episcopal Church, in his discourse on the millen¬ 
nium, says that “Theopompus, who flourished three hundred 
and forty years before Christ, relates that the Persian Magi 
taught that the present state of things would continue six 
thousand years; after which hades, or death, would be de¬ 
stroyed, and men would live happy,” etc. He says also that 
“the opinion of the ancient Jews, on this head, may be gath¬ 
ered from the statement of one of their rabbins, who said, 
‘The world endures six thousand years, and in the thousand or 
millennium that follows, the enemies of God would be de¬ 
stroyed.’ ” “It was in like manner a tradition of the house 
of Elias, a holy man, who lived about two hundred years 
before Christ, that the world was to endure six thousand years, 
and that the righteous, whom God would raise up, would not 
be turned again into dust.” On which the bishop remarks, 
“that, by this resurrection, he meant a resurrection prior to 
the millennium is manifest from what follows.” 

Again: “It is worthy of remark that the two ancient 
authors, whose words have just been quoted, speak of the 
seventh millennium as that day—the day in which God will 
renew the world, and in which he alone shall be exalted.” 

The learned Joseph Mede, called the “illustrious Mede,” 
says: “The divine institution of a sabbatical or seventh year’s 
solemnity among the Jews, has a plain typical reference to 
the seventh chiliad, or millenary of the world, according to the 
well-known tradition among the Jewish doctors, adopted by 
many, in every age of the Christian church, that this world 
will attain to its limit at the end of six thousand years.” 

He also informs us that the whole school of Cabalists call 
the seventh millennium “the great day of judgment,” because 
then they think God will judge the souls of men; and he 
quotes many of their rabbins to show that they defined the 
day of judgment, “millennium,” or a thousand years, together 
with the resurrection and Messiah’s kingdom. For example, 
David Kimchi on Isa. 55:5 says: 


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“The observance of the Sabbath is essential to the faith; 
for such only as observe the Sabbath confess that the earth 
will be renewed; because he who created it out of nothing will 
renew it.” 

“As if he who observes the holy Sabbath testifies his faith 
in the great Sabbath in which God will renew the world.” 

As to the correctness of the ninth feast, as presented in 
chronological order with the other feasts, we hold the above 
sufficient evidence to settle the question in any candid mind. 
If this lesson is heeded, it will remove many an error from 
the minds of the people concerning the millennial age; such as 
a second probation during that age, a world’s conversion dur¬ 
ing that period—(now so widely taught by writers who say 
the world is growing better, while others are teaching the 
dawn of a millennium when all who have rejected the gospel 
and died in ages past will again be placed on probation). Such 
fallacies are being accepted as the result of teaching that the 
law of Moses is remote and obsolete. It is no wonder that 
God admonishes us in this age, “Remember ye the law of 
Moses.” 

FEAST TEN—THE JUBILEE . 

“And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, 
seven times seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths 
of years shall be unto thee forty and nine years. Then shalt 
thou cause the trumpet of the jubile to sound on the tenth day 
of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall ye make 
the trumpet sound throughout all your land. And ye shall 
hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all 
the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile 
unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, 
and ye shall return ever man unto his family. ... In the year 
of this jubile ye shall return every man unto his possession. And 
if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought of thy 
neighbour’s hand, ye shall not oppress one another: Accord¬ 
ing to the number of years after the jubile thou shalt buy of 


Concerning the End of the World 21 

thy neighbour, and according unto the number of years of 
the fruits he shall sell unto thee: According to the multitude 
of years thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according 
to the fewness of years thou shalt diminish the price of it: for 
according to the number of the years of the fruits doth he sell 
unto thee.” Lev. 25 :8-io, 13-16. 

In the history of the observance of these feasts they were 
to count seven of these Sabbatic periods, or forty-nine years. 
On the day of atonement, in the forty-ninth year, the trum¬ 
pet of the jubilee was to sound throughout the land. In the 
fiftieth year every one was to return to his original inheri¬ 
tance given him by the Lord. The trumpet of the atonement 
was to begin to sound ten days before the day of atonement, 
that every soul might be prepared. But when the day of 
atonement was reached, the trumpet of the jubilee sounded, 
upon the arrival of which every one returned to his own pos¬ 
sessions or inheritance. This can only meet its antitype when 
“The meek shall inherit the earth and delight themselves in 
the abundance of peace.” (See Rev. 21:22-27; Ps. 37; Isa. 

3 S-) 

Remember, that the trumpet on the first day of the sev¬ 
enth month was to call attention to the approaching typical 
judgment, or day of atonement; and every soul that did not 
confess his sins and make the needed preparation, his name 
was cut off from the house of God. The burden of the priests 
during the blowing of this trumpet was to plead with the 
people to make the necessary preparation. This meets its anti¬ 
type in the first angel’s message of Rev. 14:6, 7: “And I saw 
another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlast¬ 
ing gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and 
to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, saying 
with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to Him; for the 
hour of His judgment is come; and worship him that made 
heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.” 

The next trumpet to be blown was during the day of 
atonement, in the forty-ninth year. This was the trumpet of 


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the jubilee. The antitype of this is being fulfilled in the proc¬ 
lamation of the third angel's message of Rev. 14:9-12: “And 
the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If 
any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his 
mark in his forehead, or in his hand, the same shall drink 
of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without 
mixture into the cup of His indignation. Here is the patience 
of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of 
God, and the faith of Jesus.” 

This is a three-fold message, and included the two pre¬ 
vious messages. The burden is to prepare the people for the 
coming of the Sabbatic year and the jubilee. This is referred 
to by the prophet Joel: “Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and 
sound an alarm in My holy mountain; let all the inhabitants 
of the land tremble; for the day of the Lord cometh, for it is 
nigh at hand.” Joel 2:1. 

Now the messenger engaged in this work will ever re¬ 
member that he has a special message for the world. When¬ 
ever a messenger loses sight of this fact, and becomes con¬ 
formed to the manner and forms of the ministry who are not 
engaged in this special work, he is then drifting backward, 
and not going forward. Let every messenger be faithful in 
giving the trumpet a certain sound. 

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A THOUSAND YEARS AS ONE DAY 

Following the seventh thousandth year the story continues 
thus: “For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the 
word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing 
out of the water and in the water: whereby the world that then 
was being overflowed with water, perished: but the heavens 
and the earth which are now, by the same word are kept in 
store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment . . . 

. . . But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that 

one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand 
years as one day . 


Concerning the End of the World 


23 


Nevertheless, we, according to His promise, look for new 
heavens and a new earth , wherein dwelleth righteousness.” 
2 Peter 3 15-8, 13. 

The above is explicit. The last verse brings to view the 
new earth, the inheritance of the saints. We are admonished 
to remember that one day is with the Lord as a thousand 
years. Is He not referring here to the Creation week, to 
remind us that when seven thousand years are expired verse 
thirteen will be fulfilled? As before shown, this has been 
the belief of the Jewish rabbis of ancient times. It is also 
the opinion of more modern writers. Hence, we conclude, 
the apostle here refers to this same thing as taught by the 
Sabbatic year in the law of Moses and admonishes us to “Be 
not ignorant of this one thing.” The Psalmist, David, ex¬ 
presses the same thought in almost the same language as 
the apostle Peter. “For a thousand years in thy sight are but 
as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.” 
Ps. 90:4. 

Peter says, “One day is with the Lord as a thousand 
years.” David says, “A thousand years in thy sight are but 
as yesterday” (one day). Now to see clearly that David 
here refers to the end of the world, turn and read the connec¬ 
tion between the 90th and 91st Psalm where the plagues are 
brought to view. In fact, the reader may begin at the 
eighty-third psalm and see a continuity of thought on the 
part of the Psalmist, for at least a dozen chapters following. 
This determines that the literal days of creation week are to 
be considered as one thousand-year periods in the study of 
the age of the world, and the length of time it is to stand. If 
not, why do David and Peter both associate this rule of time 
interpretation with this subject? 

It is stated in the Scripture that God “knew the end from 
the beginning.” Could we suppose for a moment that time 
would be forever hid from His people? It is also plainly 
stated that God “Hath appointed a day (time) in which He 


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Time, Tradition and Truth 


will judge the world.” Noah doubtless knew there was a 
limit to the world’s history, as the following language shows: 
“As yet all the days of the earth remaineth.” Gen. 8:22, 
Hebrew margin. 

To take the position that definiteness of time does not 
enter into the study of the end of the world and the close 
of probation, is simply to ignore the principles with which 
God has ever dealt with His people and with the world. 

The antediluvian world was allotted one hundred and 
twenty years before the flood; Abraham and his seed were 
to sojourn in a strange land four hundred and thirty years; 
and so accurately does the Lord count time that “the self¬ 
same day” (Ex. 12:41) when that period had expired, He 
led them out. It was told Israel that they should sojourn in 
the wilderness forty years, according to the days the spies 
were searching out the land. The house of Israel was to 
continue three hundred and ninety years; thus setting the 
definite time when they would be overthrown by Babylon. 
The time of the captivity was to be seventy years. Daniel 
studied that prophecy and knew when the time expired. The 
very years of Christ’s baptism and crucifixion were definitely 
foretold hundreds of years before they occurred. By prophecy 
the beginning of the time of the end is exactly located in 
1798 a. d. Many other prophetic periods of this nature are 
pointed out in the Bible. In short, an event to take place 
and no time to mark its occurrence, would be so indefinite as 
to be unworthy of our consideration. 

To ignore all these principles, and to rely solely upon the 
text which says: “But of that day and hour knoweth no man,” 
is to ignore the teachings of the Bible upon this subject. 

Noah did not know the day and hour of the flood; Moses 
did not know the day and hour when Israel would leave 
Egypt; Israel did not know the day and hour when they 
would cross the Jordan into the promised land; Israel did 
not know the day and hour of the Babylonian captivity, or of 


Concerning the End of the World 


25 


their return from captivity. The day and hour when the 
Pope would be taken prisoner was not known. There are 
but two prophetic periods in the Bible that point out the exact 
day of their ending. One is the Prophecy of Jonah 3:4; 
the other is Rev. 9:15. These periods were both understood 
by Bible students before they expired. But the time of the 
close of probation and the end of the six thousand years is 
not given in that manner. However, to make the time indefi¬ 
nite, as prophetic students are now doing, is simply the result 
of not studying carefully the principles of the Bible, which prin¬ 
ciples all ought to study. 

Let the Bible student take a true position on this subject, 
and not be ashamed to give the whole truth. Definiteness is 
what adds power to the teaching of the word of God. When 
Jonah said: “Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown,” 
there was a move on the part of the people to avert the calamity. 

No man has time, now, to dally with his soul’s salvation, 
neither with his temporal affairs. Let him act like he believes 
the word of God, and that will inspire others to believe: 
thus he will save himself and those that shall hear him. 

Ancient Nineveh is used synonymously with modern spiritual 
Babylon, in latter day prophecies. Hence the Book of Jonah 
contains an object lesson for the last days. The question nat¬ 
urally arises, Had Nineveh never heard of the danger that was 
threatened her before Jonah entered the city on his mission of 
warning? We reply, certainly that was not the first warning 
they had had. God does not do that way, but is long suffering 
toward the people, “not willing that any should perish.” Now 
how long they had been warned, is not stated. The deciding 
point was reached in Jonah’s message. 

There may have been signs given them before showing that 
the time was near when they must repent or be overthrown; 
there may have been those who expected it at any time, while 
others paid no heed to the warning; but the time message of 
Jonah brought the decision on the part of the people. No 


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amount of preaching an indefinite time, will ever bring about 
a movement that will stir the people like one based on some 
definite time for its fulfillment. History has proven this to be 
true; and while some have been mistaken in the times set for 
the ending of the world, let no one be deceived by these flick¬ 
ering lights not based on a correct understanding of the truth. 

The truth will stand, notwithstanding the deceptions of 
Satan. Never be so afraid of the Devihs scarecrows that you, 
in order to have the people know that you do not believe them, 
jump so far to the other side as to jump clean over the real 
facts, and get caught yourself. Many teachers, today, are 
doing this for fear someone will believe they believe anything 
definite as to the end of the world. They destroy the force of 
the arguments presented on the nearness of the event. 

We have heard many an earnest appeal made on the nearness 
of the coming of Christ, followed by the hymn, “We know not 
the hour.” This was sung in order to let the people know they 
did not believe in time setting, while it really meant this to the 
hearers, We know nothing definite. While it is true we do not 
know the hour or the day, let us give a plain “thus saith the 
Lord,” on the law of Moses and the word of God; and leave it 
with the people to act accordingly. 

Had Nineveh never heard of the threatened calamity before 
Jonah’s preaching, they would have laughed him to scorn as 
crazy or fanatical. They would have had a right to have done 
so. Many today, who see only what is recorded of Jonah, look 
upon him as a wild fanatic, and disbelieve the whole story writ¬ 
ten of him in the Bible. It was what the Ninevehites had heard 
previously, together with Jonah’s time message and the witness 
of the Holy Spirit that accomplished the work. 

Certain writers have said, If the professed people of God 
had done so and so, the Lord would have come ere this. 
Some have thought by this that the time could be shortened. 
This is true in one sense but not in another. All predictions 
of the Bible and God’s plans are subject to man; that is. 


Concerning the End of the World 27 

God set his hand to gather out of the people enough loyal 
persons to inhabit the new earth; hence, if the gospel had 
been accepted by all the descendants of Adam, the number 
would have been made up long ages ago and the end would 
have come. The end could have come at any time if man had 
only made up the number. But God, “Who knew the end 
from the beginning,” knew every detail of man’s actions and 
history. He, therefore, appointed the time accordingly. He 
knew when the number would be made up and the end come. 
It is useless to expect that end until the appointed time. For, 
if we do, disappointment will be the result; and it is equally 
true that if man delays his preparation beyond the appointed 
time the result will be disaster. 

HOW THE JUBILEE AFFECTS PRICES 

Revelation, the twentieth chapter, tells us plainly, Satan 
and all his wicked hosts are burned in the lake of fire at the 
end of the seventh thousandth year, or the millennium. John 
tells us in Rev. 21 and 22 of the new heavens and the new 

earth, and the descent of the Holy City. This is the jubilee 
when every man returns to his own possession. 

Now as we hear the sound of the trumpet of the jubilee, 
as we see the close of probation even at the door, so we 
should lower the price of our present temporal possessions in 
our true judgment and heart, as the day of deliverance draws 
near. Our estimate on our true inheritance will increase, as 
the day of the Great Jubilee approaches. 

The above typical feasts, as given us for an object lesson, 
are so vital, so important to God’s people of this age, we 
wish something could be said that would stir the mind of 
every reader; until every honest heart on the earth would 
remember, and give a careful study to the law of Moses. In 
this way causing him to lose his affections upon all things 
earthly and place them upon the final inheritance of the saints. 


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PART II 


CHRONOLOGY 

The time of the coming of Christ and of the end of the 
world has been a theme of much interest to the students of 
prophecy. From the Scriptures they have succeeded in locat¬ 
ing the time when Christ’s closing work in the temple began. 
They have succeeded in locating the beginning of the time of 
the end in 1798 a. d., by the prophetic period of twelve hun¬ 
dred and sixty years of Revelation 13. They have succeeded 
in locating in prophecy many of the leading governments of 
the world. Many other themes introduced in the Scriptures, 
which were almost unknown four hundred years ago, are now 
familiar. But the law of Moses, and the larger part of the 
prophetic utterances of the Old Testament, concerning the 
world’s closing events, are still largely untouched and unde¬ 
veloped by the present writings on prophetic subjects. 

Chronology, therefore, as to when the six thousand years 
will end, is a most important question for this time. While 
the impression is general that the second advent will take 
place within the six thousand years, its occurring at the end 
of that time places the event over eighty years still future, 
which is too far distant for the present teacher, who is pro¬ 
claiming, as a special theme, the coming of Christ. But it 
is too near for those who believe in a world’s conversion and 
a temporal millennium. Hence, a careful study of chronology, 
and a critical study of prophecy, in detailed history, as asso¬ 
ciated with the above typical feasts, is the only thing that will 
clear the mind of the seeker after truth. 



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No fanciful imaginations and human assertions will hasten 
the day of Christ’s coming one moment, neither will they 
delay it. But He who “knew the end from the beginning,” 
has given us the evidence. And when that time is reached 
He will cut His work short in righteousness, “For a short 
work will the Lord make on the earth”; that is, His work will 
end. 

We now introduce a Scriptural chronology in which it 
seems to us there is no room left for doubt as to its correct¬ 
ness. It says in the book of Genesis (Chapters 5 and 11), 
that Adam was an hundred and thirty years old when he 
begat Seth; Seth was an hundred and five years old when he 
begat Enos, etc. In this way twenty generations are recorded 
from Adam to the birth of Abraham. Adding these figures 
together, counting the age of each, we have two thousand 
and eight years to the birth of Abraham. 

The record says Abraham was seventy-five years old when 
he left Haran to go into Canaan. “So Abram departed, as 
the Lord had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and 

Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out 

» • 

of Haran. And there was a famine in the land: and Abram 
went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was 
grievous in the land.” Gen. 12:4, 10. To this, the time 
Abraham went into Egypt, Verse 10, we add four hundred 
and thirty years, marking the time when the seed of Abraham 
left Egypt. “Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, 
who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years. And 
it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty 
years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts 
of the Lord went out from the land of Egypt.” Exodus 
12:40, 41. Adding these years, 2008 a. m., 75, and 430, gives 
us 2513 a. m., the date of the exodus. In the fifteenth chap¬ 
ter of Genesis the record is made that the seed of Abraham 
should be afflicted four hundred years. This period began 
with the weaning of Isaac, when the difficulty between Sarah 


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Time, Tradition and Truth 

and Hagar occurred, Gen. 21:1-11, and reached to the same 
point, 2513 a. m. 

Now the next positive declaration reaches from the exodus 
to the fourth year of the reign of Solomon, as we read in 
1 Kings 6:1. “And it came to pass in the four hundred and 
eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of 
the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over 
Israel, in the month Zif, which is the second month, that he 
began to build the house of the Lord.” This brings us to the 
year 2993 a. m. From this point we add thirty-three years 
to the time when Solomon made Jeroboam ruler over the 
house of Joseph. “And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man 
of valour: and Solomon seeing the young man that he was 
industrious, he made him ruler over all the charge of the house 
of Joseph. And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on 
him, and rent it in twelve pieces: And he said to Jeroboam, 
Take thee ten pieces: for thus saith the Lord, the God of 
Israel, Behold, I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of 
Solomon, and will give ten tribes to thee.” 1 Kings 11:28, 
30, 31. 

This was three years before the death of Solomon. The 
total reign of Solomon was forty years, 1 Kings 11 42. De¬ 
ducting four years at the beginning of his reign and three 
years at the close, leaves thirty-three years, which we add to 
our last date, 2993 a. m. This gives 3026 a. m., which marks 
the establishment of the house of Israel. 

Now the prophet Ezekiel said the iniquity of the house of 
Israel should be borne three hundred and ninety years. “Lie 
thou also upon thy left side, and lay the iniquity of the house 
of Israel upon it: according to the number of the days that 
thou shalt lie upon it thou shalt bear their iniquity. For I 
have laid upon thee the years of their iniquity, according to 
the number of the days, three hundred and ninety days; so 
shalt thou bear the iniquity of the house of Israel. And when 
thou hast accomplished them, lie again on thy right side, and 
thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: 


Concerning the End of the World 31 

I have appointed thee each day for a year.” Eze. 4:4, 6. 
Adding 390 to 3026, we have 3416 a. m. This prediction was 
literally fulfilled in the Babylonish captivity, 588 b. c. 

The iniquity of the house of Judah was forty years. The 
prophet had made a prediction to Jeroboam; that a man, 
Josiah by name, should be born who would burn men’s bones 
upon the altar which Jeroboam had erected for idol wor¬ 
ship. “And behold, there came a man of God out of Judah 
by the word of the Lord unto Bethel: and Jeroboam stood by 
the altar to burn incense. And he cried against the altar in 
the word of the Lord, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith 
the Lord; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of 
David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the 
priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and 
men’s bones shall be burnt upon thee.” 1 Kings 13 :i, 2. 

This prediction was fulfilled by King Josiah, as recorded 
in 2 Kings 23:15, 16. This was 628 b. c., or 3376 a. m. The 
house of Israel was a transgressor “from the beginning,” Isa. 
48:8. Josiah was the last good king upon the throne of Ju¬ 
dah. Both of these periods spoken of by Ezekiel ended at 
the Babylonish captivity. 

Prophetic periods are absolutely reliable in chronological 
calculations; and, for that reason, we introduce them in this 
study. 

The next period we wish to add is fifty-two years, spoken 
of by Jeremiah the prophet in Chapter 25 :ii, “And this whole 
land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment: and these 
nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.” Our 
reason for adding fifty-two years, instead of seventy, as men¬ 
tioned by the prophet, is this: In the first chapter of Daniel 
is recorded how Nebuchadnezzar besieged Jerusalem and took 
certain captives, but permitted Jerusalem, itself, to be inhab¬ 
ited. This was 606 b. c., from which point the seventy years 
of the prophecy is dated: but on a rebellion of the Jews, 
Nebuchadnezzar broke up the city in 588 b. c, or eighteen 


32 


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years later. Hence, we add but fifty-two years to the date of 
the Babylonish captivity, as it is plainly stated by Ezra that 
Cyrus issued his decree at the end of the seventy years. 
“Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word 
of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the 
Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he 
made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it 
also in writing, saying, Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, 
The Lord God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of 
the earth; and he hath charged me to build him an house at 
Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who is there among you of 
all his people? his God be with him, and let him go up to 
Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of the Lord 
God of Israel, (he is the God,) which is in Jerusalem. And 
whosoever remaineth in any place where he sojourneth, let 
the men of his place help him with silver, and with gold, and 
with goods, and with beasts, beside the freewill offering for 
the house of God that is in Jerusalem.” Ezra i :i~4. 

Seventeen years later, as recorded in the sixth chapter of 
Ezra, we have the decree of Darius issued for the same pur¬ 
pose, the restoration of Jerusalem: “And the elders of the 
Jews builded, and they prospered through the prophesying of 
Plaggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And 
they builded, and finished it, according to the commandment 
of the God of Israel, and according to the commandment of 
Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.” Ezra 
6:14. In the seventh chapter of Ezra, sixty-two years later, 
we have the decree of Artaxerxes, for the completion of the 
walls, and the full restoration of the city. Now, adding 52, 
17, and 62 to the former total, we have 3547 a. m., or 457 b. c. 
Upon this period 457 b. c. much depends. For it is from this 
date the true Messiahship of Christ is established. The time 
when this period begins is positively stated in Dan. 9125, as be¬ 
low quoted. 


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This period of four hundred and ninety prophetic days, or 
literal years (Eze. 4:5), beginning at the last decree, is so 
subdivided by the prophet Daniel in the ninth chapter and 
verses 25-27: “Know therefore and understand, that from 
the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build 
Jerusalem, unto the Messiah the Prince, shall be seven weeks, 
and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, 
and the wall, even in troublous times. And after threescore 
and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself 
and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the 
city and the sanctuary, and the end thereof shall be with a 
flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. 
And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: 
and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and 
the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abomina¬ 
tions he shall make it desolate even until the consummation, 
and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate,” that 
no one need be mistaken as to its application; for Christ’s 
ministry and crucifixion, which establishes Him as the true 
Messiah, is involved in it. (See full explanation in the In¬ 
spired History of the Nations.) 

Thus, adding four hundred and ninety years to 3547 a. m., 
we have 4037 a. m. 

We would now call attention to another prophetic period 
found in Daniel 7:25 and Rev. 13:7. 

It is a period of twelve hundred and sixty years. Its be¬ 
ginning marks the establishment of the Papacy, in 538 a. d. ; 
its close, 1798 a. d., the beginning of the time of the end. 
Dan. 11:35, an d also the fourth verse of the twelfth chapter, 
which reads as follows, “But thou, O Daniel, shut up the 
words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end.” The 
time of the end of the antediluvian world was one hundred 
and twenty years. Space forbids the evidence that in all 
probability the same time will be allotted to the closing work 
of the gospel in this present age. In fact, this one line of 


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chronology must convince the candid reader of this fact. 
Adding one hundred and twenty years to 1798 a. d. gives us 
1918 a. d. We now add to 4037 a. m. 501 years to 538 a. d. 
and we have 4542 a. m. To this we add 1260. This equals 
5922 a. m., 1918 a. d. Thus all is harmonious, both agree with 
the facts in question. 

The next prophetic period is thirty years following the 
close of probation, and allotted to the falling of that portion 
of the plagues, of Rev. 16, which marks the dissolution of 
the three divisions of spiritual Babylon, or Christendom. 
Hosea 5:7: “Now shall a month (prophetic time) devour 
them (the three shepherds) with their portions.” “Three 
shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed 
them, and their soul also abhorred me.” Zech. 11:8. See 
Rev. 17:1-5, 18 and 16:19, and Isa. 32:10, margin. “Many 
days and years shall ye be troubled, ye careless women: for 
the vintage shall fail, the gathering shall not come.” Heb.—Days 
above a year. 

Following this comes the feast of tabernacles for forty 
years. “Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine 
heritage, which dwell solitarily in the wood, in the midst of 
Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days 
of old. According to the days of thy coming out of the land 
of Egypt will I shew unto him marvellous things.” Micah 
7:i4, 15- 

At the close of the feast of tabernacles the heathen are 
joined by those left of the three divisions of Babylon; and 
they together make an effort to destroy the remnant people, 
who have observed the feast. At this time the Lord fights 
for the deliverance of the remnant, as He fought in the days 
of Deborah (Judges 4); Gideon (Judges 7:19-25) ; and Heze- 
kiah (Isa. 37:36), making this signal point the Armageddon 
of latter times. “Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not 
thy peace, and be not still, O God. For, lo, thine enemies 


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make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head. 
They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and con¬ 
sulted against thy hidden ones. They have said, Come, and 
let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of 
Israel may be no more in remembrance. For they have con¬ 
sulted together with one consent: they are confederate against 
thee: The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishinaelites; of 
Moab, and the Hagarenes; Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; 
the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre; Assur also is 
joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. 
Selah. Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, 
as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison: Which perished at En- 
dor: they became as dung for the earth. Make their nobles 
like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebah, 
and as Zalmunna: Who said, Let us take to ourselves the 
houses of God in possession. O my God, make them like a 
wheel; as the stubble before the wind. As the fire burneth a 
wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire; So 
persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with 
thy storm. Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek 
thy name, O Lord. Let them be confounded and troubled 
for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish: That 
men may know that thou, whose name alone is Jehovah, 
art the most high over all the earth.” Ps. 83. 

Mark well, Armageddon is not the war between the 
heathen and professed Christendom, but is the effort to de¬ 
stroy the true people of God, termed the hidden ones, that 
the name of Israel may be forever blotted out of the earth. 
In such positions, God has ever delivered his people. 

Following this last event, and before the Lord appears, 
Ezekiel tells us those that are left will be seven years burn¬ 
ing the weapons of war and cleansing the land. “And I will 
turn thee back, and leave but the sixth part of thee, and will 
cause thee to come up from the north parts, and will bring 
thee upon the mountains of Israel: And I will smite thy bow 


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out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out 
of thy right hand. Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of 
Israel, thou, and all thy bands, and the people that is with 
thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, 
and to the beasts of the field to be devoured. Thou shalt fall 
upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord God. 
And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell 
carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the 
Lord. So will I make my holy name known in the midst of 
my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy 
name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the 
Lord, the Holy One in Israel. Behold, it is come, and it is 
done, saith the Lord God; this is the day whereof I have 
spoken. And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go 
forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the 
shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the 
handstaves, and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire 
seven years: So that they shall take no wood out of the 
field, neither cut down any out of the forests; for they shall 
burn the weapons with fire: and they shall spoil those that 
spoiled them, and rob those that robbed them, saith the Lord 
God.” Eze. 39:2-10. 

Thus we have plainly stated one period of thirty years, 
one of forty, and one of seven, making a period of seventy- 
seven years after probation closes. This, added to 5922 a. m., 
takes us to 5999 a. m. 

The next event is the coming of Christ in the last year of 
the six thousand years, at which point we are told “The 
beast and the false prophet,” are cast alive into the lake of 
fire. The rest of the wicked are slain by the sword of Him 
that sat upon the horse. Rev. 19:19-21. 

This completes the chronological history of the world, 
from the Creation to the second coming of Christ, which event 
takes place in the end of the sixth thousandth year. (See 
Diagram.) The seventh thousandth year is the seventh mil- 


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lennary, or Sabbatic year as taught in the law of Moses, Lev. 
25:14. 

The reader must see that the line of thought as here de¬ 
veloped and illustrated in the diagram, is undeniably cor¬ 
rect; as it is based upon the plain facts of the inspired Word. 
It is so clear and concise it may even be committed to mem¬ 
ory in a short time. We will only add that no amount of 
visionary ideas or human speculations, neither the assertions 
of man, will ever postpone beyond this period the coming of 
Christ. Neither will they be able to place His advent this 
side of the time here given. Noah knew the year; but not 
the day and hour, until seven days before he entered the ark. 
Of the day and hour of His coming, we know not, neither 
do we know the day and hour when the decree will pass:— 
“He that is filthy, let him be filthy still; and he that is holy, 
let him be holy still,” which marks the close of probation. All 
we know is what the Word says. This we faithfully give 
the reader, and ask his consideration and preparation for the 
event. 

CERTAIN TEXTS AND POSITIONS CONSIDERED 

As some read the foregoing positions we have taken, they 
will object to the definiteness expressed as to the time when 
the Lord will come, as they have taught that the longest 
prophetic period ended in 1844 a. d. Since that time they 
teach that nothing nearer the definite time of Christ’s advent 
than the marking of the last generation is taught in the Scrip¬ 
tures. Also that His coming can take place at any time dur¬ 
ing that generation. The general teaching, too, is that the 
generation marked began in 1833 a. d. They also quote Reve¬ 
lation 10:5, 6:—“And the angel which I saw stand upon the 
sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven, And 
sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heav¬ 
en, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the 
things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which 


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are therein, that there should be time no longer:”—to show 
that prophetic time ended in 1844, as connected with the 
First Angel's Message, Rev. 14:6. 

This, of course, depicts the Miller Movement, etc. Now 
what was the message of that movement? We reply, they 
said the world would end in 1844 and that time should be no 
longer than October 22, 1844. We could not well take the 
position that prophetic time ended there, for it is taught by 
this same people that the plagues will be one year in falling, 
as they interpret Rev. 18:8, taking a day of twenty-four 
hours to represent one year. So they must give up all pro¬ 
phetic utterances of future time, or admit that the time of 
the First Angel’s Message was literal time and the ending of 
the world. And this is just what those taught who gave this 
message as everybody knows. They taught that on the basis of 
Daniel 8:14 reading to that point. Now that prophetic time did 
not end then, is positively stated by Hosea 5 :y and Zech. 11 :8, 
as before quoted. Also the typical feasts are both object les¬ 
sons, and time prophecies, as before shown by the six thou¬ 
sand years and the jubilee. 

Now, we hold that the Scriptures teach definiteness con¬ 
cerning the time of Christ’s coming. 

“But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no 
need that I write unto you. For yourselves know perfectly 
that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. 
For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden de¬ 
struction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with 
child; and they shall not escape. But ye, brethren, are not 
in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.” 
1 Thess. 5:1-4. The above speaks of the years (times) and 
seasons and says the brethren will not be in darkness; but 
to those who do not heed the instruction He will come as a 
thief. 


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A REST REMAINING 

“Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of 
entering into his rest any of you should seem to come short 
of it. For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto 
them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being 
mixed with faith in them that heard it. 

For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, 
As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: 
although the works were finished from the foundation of the 
world. For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on 
this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his 
works. And in this place again, If they shall enter into my 
rest. Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter 
therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not 
in because of unbelief: Again, he limiteth a certain day, say¬ 
ing in David, Today, after so long a time; as it is said, Today 
if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts. For if Jesus 
had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken 
of another day. There remaineth therefore a rest to the peo¬ 
ple of God. For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath 
ceased from his own works, as God did from his. 

Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man 
fall after the same example of unbelief.” Heb. 4:1-11. 

In this Scripture we have three rests introduced: (1) The 
Sabbath as instituted in the Creation of the world; (2) The 
rest of the land of Canaan; (3) The final rest prepared for 
the people of God. The Jews understood that the final rest 
was the land of Canaan, which was given to them by Joshua 
after he had led them into it. Paul in this Scripture shows 
that because of their unfaithfulness that rest was not attained. 
Notwithstanding God had promised them rest in that land. 
If they had been faithful, they would have had rest from their 
enemies, from drought, sickness, sin and every hindrance to 
the attainment of perfect happiness. But after four hundred 


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and fifty years of the rule of judges, and continued failure 
upon the part of the people, He “limiteth another day/’ gives 
them another chance through the throne of David, and the 
ministry of Christ as he rules upon the throne of grace. He 
then calls our attention to the creative week and God’s labor 
upon the six days and His resting upon the seventh thus re¬ 
minding us, as did Moses, that when the six thousand years 
expire, then the people of God will enter into the Sabbatic 
year, the beginning of their final rest. Thus we see that 
definiteness as to time is taught by many Bible writers. 

THE SLAVERY OF THE POOR 

Again we read in the law of Moses concerning the slavery 
of the poor: “If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he 
shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for 
nothing.” Ex. 21:2. “And if thy brother, an Hebrew man, 
or an Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six 
years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free 
from thee.” Deut. 15:12. Jeremiah in his prophecy of the 
last days where he makes the Babylonish captivity an object 
lesson, refers to this same principle. And teaches when this 
object lesson is met, and the captives return and enjoy the 
jubilee this rest will be fulfilled. “At the end of seven years 
let ye go every man his brother an Hebrew, which hath been 
sold unto thee; and when he hath served thee six years, thou 
shalt let him go free from thee: but your fathers hearkened 
not unto me, neither inclined their ear.” Jer. 34:14. 

Note, he served six years in labor, but the master provides 
for him during the seventh year. It is a comforting thought 
to know that the servants of the Lord, who have worked with 
Him during the six thousand years, will live and reign with 
Christ a thousand years before they take possession of their 
inheritance in the earth made new. 

All servants were to be free when the jubilee came, re¬ 
gardless of the time they had served. “And if thy brother 


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that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; 
thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant: But 
as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, 
and shall serve thee unto the year of jubile. And then shall 
he depart from thee, both he and his children with him, and 
shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of 
his fathers shall he return.” Lev. 25:39-41. Also Matt. 
20 :i-i6 . 

Paul says “Whatsoever things were written aforetime 
were written for our learning.” Did this system here referred 
to, both in the typical feasts and in the civil law, just happen 
to be thus commanded? Or were they great object lessons 
teaching a truth for us in the last days? We reply, the whole 
connection shows clearly and beyond question that they were 
object lessons based upon the creative week, and teaching the 
future history of the world. So Peter impresses the lesson by 
saying, “Be not ignorant of this one thing that one day is 
with the Lord as a thousand years and a thousand years as 
one day.” 

Turning again to the law of Moses, we read: “And Moses 
wrote this law, and delivered it unto the priests the sons of Levi, 
which bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and unto all the 
elders of Israel. And Moses commanded them, saying, At the 
end of every seven years, in the solemnity of the year of release, 
in the feast of tabernacles. When all Israel is come to appear 
before the Lord thy God in the place which he shall choose, thou 
shalt read this law before all Israel in their hearing. Gather the 
people together, men, and women, and children, and thy stranger 
that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may 
learn, and fear the Lord your God, and observe to do all the 
words of this law: And the Lord said unto Moses, Behold, thou 
shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go 
a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither 
they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my 
covenant which I have made with them. Then my anger shall 


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be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and 
I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and 
many evils and troubles shall befall them; so that they will say 
in that day, Are not these evils :come upon us, because our God 
is not among us ? And I will surely hide my face in that day for 
all the evils which they shall have wrought, in that they are 
turned unto other gods. Now therefore write ye this song for 
you, and teach it the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, 
that this song may be a witness for me against the children of 
Israel. And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles 
are befallen them, that this song shall testify against them as a 
witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their 
seed. For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt 
yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have com¬ 
manded you ; and evil will befall you in the latter days; because 
ye will do evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger 
through the work of your hands. And Moses spake in the ears 
of all the congregation of Israel the words of this song, until 
they were ended.” (Deut. 31 \9-12, 16-19, 21, 29, 30). “And he 
said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end 
shall be: for they are a very forward generation, children in 
whom is no faith. They have moved me to jealousy with that 
which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their 
vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those which 
are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish 
nation. For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto 
the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, 
and set on fire the foundations of the mountains. I will heap 
mischiefs upon them ; I will spend mine arrows upon them. They 
shall be burned with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, 
and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts 
upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust. The sword 
without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young men 
and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs.” 
Deut. 32:20-25. 


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There is much of interest in these Scriptures, upon the sub¬ 
ject under consideration. The object lesson is plainly connected 
with the events of the last days by direct mention in both 
chapters. 

The release of all bondsmen in the seventh year took place 
in connection with the feast of tabernacles and meets its anti¬ 
type when this feast is observed in the end of the sixth thou¬ 
sandth year. This is clear, for when Moses led the children 
of Israel out of Egyptian bondage they entered the wilderness 
sojourning there forty years and observing the feast of taber¬ 
nacles. The antitype of this will be met after probation closes 
and the people of God have received His seal. Jeremiah says 
they will then break the yoke of civil power from off their necks, 
having worn it since the Babylonish captivity. Jer. 30:7-9. 
Deut. 32 :22-25 also shows very clearly that the things foretold 
will occur during the time of the pouring out of the plagues of 
Rev. 16. 

Why did this release come every seventh year? We reply, 
the lesson taught was that at the end of six thousand years the 
final release would come as taught by the Sabbatic year. 

Why is this law called a song that will be sung by the 
remnant people? It is said in Rev. 15 that the remnant sing 
the song of Moses and the song of the Lamb. This law of re¬ 
lease with the precepts of Moses will be learned and sung as the 
song of deliverance. The song of Moses was a song of deliv¬ 
erance from the bondage of men; the song of the Lamb is a 
song of deliverance from the bondage of sin, which is the trans¬ 
gression of the ten commandments. I. John 3 14. In the feast 
of tabernacles the song of Moses will be of especial interest. 
It was to be taught particularly every seventh year during “the 
set time of the feast,” as this Scripture states; and in the anti¬ 
type, that law which is so obsolete in the minds of modern teach¬ 
ers, will then be taught and sung in its fullness. The law of 
Jehovah, as delivered on Mount Sinai and written in the ten 
commandments by Christ (I. Cor. 10:4), the Lamb, will also 


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then be sung as David sung it in the Psalms. The feast of 
tabernacles will be, indeed, a glorious rehearsal for the final 
concert on the Sea of Glass. 

The definiteness of the coming of Christ was taught by 
Himself when here:—“Fear not, little flock; for it is your 
Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom. Sell that 
ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which 
wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where 
no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth. For where 
your treasure is, there will your heart be also. Let your loins 
be girded about, and your lights burning; And ye yourselves 
like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return 
from the wedding; that, when he cometh and knocketh, they 
may open unto him immediately.” Luke 12 132-36. 

This Scripture teaches the same as the instructions given 
to those holding possessions prior to the jubilee. As the jubi¬ 
lee approached they were to buy and sell according to the 
years still before them till the jubilee. As the jubilee ap¬ 
proached the more anxious the owner was to sell, and the less 
the value of his possessions. 

The wedding here mentioned takes place in heaven at the 
close of probation. Dan. 7:13, 14 and Rev. 21:9, 10. 

Now, the little flock, expecting the time of the wedding, 
and looking forward to the time of reward, are anxiously ex¬ 
pecting His return. This gives them an intelligent faith based 
upon the Word of God, to sell that which they have, use the 
money in the Master’s service, and be prepared that they may, 
with their house in order, be ready to meet their Lord as He 
returns. 

Bible truth ever appeals to the intellect and conscience of 
men. Saving faith is ever based upon the word of God. It 
is not built upon the sophistry of men or the imaginations of 
the mind; but the man who believes God’s word acts as coolly, 
as deliberately, and studies every statement as carefully, as 


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the business man of the world his financial enterprises. “He 
that believeth shall not make haste.” 

An event so important, of such intense interest as the 
coming of Christ and the end of the world, demands of every 
individual an honest investigation of the word of God. Bible 
faith is not bound by creeds or denominationalism. God ex¬ 
pects every individual to know for himself and to act regard¬ 
less of all others, “For to his own master he standeth or fall- 
eth” 

The clearness and precision of the Scriptures we are here 
using is not given for the purpose of a test of the word of 
God. That has all been tested over and over. 

In closing Part Two of this book we wish to say we 
have all the assurance we could ask for that the position taken 
that Christ will come at the close of six thousand years and 
no sooner; second, of the Feast of Tabernacles, ingatherings, 
and the thirty years of the falling of the plagues, there is no 
question. Also the Armageddon period of seven years. And 
we further say, if probation does not close at the time stated, 
it could only be delayed by these periods named overlapping 
each other, thus extending the time to close of Probation. 
But in the type the plagues fell before the wilderness expe¬ 
rience and the whole testimony indicates strongly the posi¬ 
tion as taken. We say to all, be ready, and no harm will 
befall you if time to others is extended. One thing is 
certain, no great mistake can possibly be. 

May the Lord impress upon the reader the importance of 
studying this subject most critically, and above all to act ac¬ 
cordingly. Study it in connection with our other writings. 


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PART III 


THE SIGN OF THE SON OF MAN, AND THE TOKEN 
OF THE EVERLASTING COVENANT 

TO NOAH 

The everlasting covenant is the covenant made with Adam 
in the beginning of the world, “that the seed of the woman 
should bruise the serpent’s head.” 

The seed of the woman is Christ, and through Him the 
promise was made that whosoever will may come and par¬ 
take of the water of Life freely. 

This covenant was renewed to Noah after the flood; and, 
while circumcision was the sign or token of the covenant 
that the seed of Abraham should inherit the earth made new, 
the rainbow in the cloud is the token given to Noah that 
the everlasting covenant should hold good to him and to all 
the inhabitants of the earth as long as they beheld the bow 
in the cloud. 

As the token of the everlasting covenant was perpetuated 
in the teaching of Israel in the days of Moses, so was the 
token to Noah adopted as one of the fundamental principles 
in the teaching of Israel in the days of Moses. The colors 
of this bow were worn in the garments of the priest. The 
instruction to Aaron the high priest, who represented the 
priesthood of Christ is thus given:— 

“And these are the garments which they shall make; a breastplate, 
and an ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle; 



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and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his 
sons, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office. And they 
shall take gold, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen. 

And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and of purple, 
of scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cunning work. It shall have 
the two shoulderpieces thereof joined at the two edges thereof; and 
so it shall be joined together. And the curious girdle of the ephod, 
which is upon it, shall be of the same, according to the work thereof; 
even of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.” 
Exo. 28:4-8. 

In addition to these garments the priests were to wear 
upon their shoulders and upon their breasts twelve stones of 
superior lustre and color. These colors as represented by the 
stones became the distinctive color or standard and ensign 
of each tribe. The stones were worn and placed in the ephod 
in their order according to the birth of the twelve sons of 
Jacob, all of which had its significance and lesson. 

But the colors of the garments of the priests are what 
we wish to notice more particularly: The blue, scarlet, yel¬ 
low or gold, purple and white. 

The first four mentioned as blended are the principal colors 
of the rainbow. The Lord was so particular that the gold 
should be interwoven throughout the garment of the ephod 
that the following instructions were given:— 

“And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and 
fine twined linen. And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and 
cut it into wires, to work it in the blue, and in the purple, and in the 
scarlet, and in the fine linen, with cunning work.” Exo. 39:2-3. 

The curious girdle of the ephod was the same:— 

“And the curious girdle of his ephod, that was upon it, was of 
the same, according to the work thereof; of gold, blue, and purple, 
and scarlet, and fine twined linen; as the Lord commanded Moses.” 
Exo. 39:5. 

The curtains of the tabernacle, which constituted the 
inner lining, were made in the same manner. 

“Moreover thou shall make the tabernacle with ten curtains of 
fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims 
of cunning work shalt thou make them.” Exo. 26:1. 


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These curtains were looped together at the edge of each 
by loops of blue. Then in addition to the blue they were to 
take fifty taches of gold, and couple the curtains together 
with the taches; thus forming them all into one curtain. 

“And thou shalt make fifty taches of gold, and couple the curtains 
together with the taches: and it shall be one tabernacle.” Exo. 26:6. 

The entire tabernacle was covered with ram skins dyed 
red. Thus we see that these colors were carried into the 
making of the tabernacle, as well as into the making of the 
garments of the high priest. These were to teach to the 
people certain lessons of truth. And as the whole ministry of 
the Aaronic priesthood was a figure for the time then present, 
this was designed to represent the ministry and priesthood 
of Christ in the heavenly sanctuary. 

The question naturally arises what lesson were these colors 
designed to teach to us? 

The following scriptures will give us a clue as to what 
truth each of these colors conveys as taught in the law of 
Moses:— 

“When the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall come, and his sons, 
and they shall take down the covering vail, and cover the ark of 
testimony with it: and shall put thereon the covering of badgers’ 
skins, and shall spread over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put 
in the staves thereof.” Num. 4:5-6. 

The badgers’ skins were used as a protection from the 
weather. The blue was, in this instance, to cover the ark. 
In the ark was the law of God, the ten commandments; and 
also the laws written by Moses termed the book of the law; 
the book of the law being placed in the side of the ark. And 
for further evidence that the blue was a symbol of the laws 
and commandments of God we read:— 

“And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children 
of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders 
of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put 
upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue: and it shall be 
unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all 


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the commandments of the Lord, and do them; and that ye seek not 
after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go 
a whoring.” Num. 15137-39. 

Thus it is evident that the blue has its specific significance 
and application to the legal precepts of Jehovah. We read 
further;— 

“And upon the table of shewbread they shall spread a cloth of 
blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and 
covers to cover withal: and the continual bread shall be thereon: 
and they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the 
same with a covering of badgers’ skins, and shall put in the staves 
thereof.” Num. 47-8. 

It will be observed that the table of shewbread had two 
coverings: First, the blue for the table; then the instruments 
of ministry and the continual bread was to be placed upon 
this and these covered with a covering of scailet. 

It is therefore necessary to get the scriptural explanation 
of the scarlet. We turn to the following:— 

“Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from 
Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness 
of his strength? 

“I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.” “Wherefore art 
thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth 
in the winefat?” “I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the 
people there was none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, 
and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon 
my garments, and I will stain all my raiment.” Isa. 63:1-3. 

Now as to the symbol used to represent sin we read: 

“Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though 
your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they 
be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.” Isa. 1:18-19. 

Thus it is clear that the scarlet represents Christ as the 
sin-bearer of the world; “not for our sins only but also for 
the sins of the whole world.” 

Christ tasted death for every man and paid the debt of 
sin for every one born into the world. He thus made it 
possible that whosoever will may come and accept of the 
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The bread upon the table was called the “bread of the 
presence”: symbolizing the presence of Christ, “the true Bread 
that came down from heaven and giveth life unto the world.” 

The blue represents the commandments of God. Upon 
this table the law and the gospel had their union as described 
by the psalmist:— 

“Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have 
kissed each other. Truth shall spring out of the earth; and right¬ 
eousness shall look down from heaven.” Ps. 85:10-11. 

The word truth signifies the law as written upon tables 
of stone and in the book. Righteousness is said to be the 
habitation of His throne. “Christ our righteousness” is sym¬ 
bolized by the bread; and in Him truth and righteousness 
meet together as symbolized by the table of shewbread. 

These two principles being the foundation principles of 
the whole structure of the plan of salvation are here revealed 
upon the table as covered with the blue and the scarlet. 

The apostle Paul taught these principles publicly and from 
house to house as stated in the following:— 

“And how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but 
have shewed you, and have taught you publickly, and from house to 
house, testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance 
toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.” Acts 20:20-21. 

Thus the matter is made clear as pertaining to the two 
colors, scarlet and blue. An incident of this faith in Christ 
is brought out by the record of the event of the spies entering 
Jericho. Paul says, “By faith Rahab the harlot received the 
spies.” Here is the record:— 

“And the men said unto her, We will be blameless of this thine 
oath which thou hast made us swear. Behold, when we come into 
the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window 
which thou didst let us down by; and thou shalt bring thy father, 
and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all they father’s household, 
home unto thee.” Josh. 2:17-18. 

By this scarlet cord all Israel knew that that house had 
faith in Christ. Hence she was saved by the scarlet cord as 


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the sign of that faith by which her sins had been borne by 
Christ. 

The candlestick with its vessels was covered with blue, 
as we read:— 

“And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick 
of the light, and his lamps, and his tongs, and his snuffdishes, and all 
the oil vessels thereof, wherewith they minister unto it.” Num. 4:9-10. 

This was true also of the golden altar whereon the incense 
was burned. Also the instruments used in the ministry of 
the sanctuary were all covered with the covering of blue, 
signifying that each of them pertained to a ministry con¬ 
nected with the law of Jehovah, which was in the ark:— 

“And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, 
and cover it with a covering of badgers’ skins, and shall put to the 
staves thereof: and they shall take all the instruments of ministry, 
wherewith they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth 
of blue, and cover them with a covering of badgers’ skins, and shall 
put them on a bar.” Num. 4:11-12. 

The candlestick is explained by the prophet Zechariah as 
follows:— 

“And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, 
as a man that is wakened out of his sleep, and said unto me, What 
seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick all 
of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, 
and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which are upon the top thereof: 
and two olive trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl, and 
the other upon the left side thereof. 

So I answered and spake to the angel that talked with me, saying, 
What are these, my lord? Then the angel that talked with me an¬ 
swered and said unto me, Knowest thou not what these be? And I 
said, No, my lord. Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, 
This is the word of the Lord unto Zerubbabel, saying: “Not by 
might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the Lord of hosts.” 
Zech. 4:1-6. 

The two olive trees signify that which furnishes the oil 
for the lamps. The oil is the symbol used in the Bible to 
represent the Spirit of God. This Spirit, symbolized by the 


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oil, dictated to the prophets and others who wrote the Bible, 
the Word of God which is the light. Ps. 119:105; Isa. 8:20. 

The incense offered upon the golden altar is explained 
in the gospel as the symbol of the “prayers of all saints.” 
Rev. 8:3. And “he that turneth away his ear from hearing 
the law of the Lord, even his prayer shall be abomination.” 

The candle-stick itself was of gold. And gold was woven 
throughout the garments of Aaron, intermingled as the warp 
of the entire garment. 

The teaching of the Word symbolized by the golden lamp 
is the basis of all genuine faith: for “faith cometh by hearing, 
and hearing by the Word of God.” 

In Rev. 3:18 the Laodicean church is counselled to buy 
gold tried in the fire. And another writer says that faith is 
“much more precious” than fine gold. 

Thus it is easy to see the lesson taught in the covering 
of blue to each of the furnishings; and also the free use of 
gold in the overlaying of the ark with gold, the golden candle¬ 
stick and the vessels of ministry. 

Thus the blue, the gold, and the scarlet, tell the story of 
the love, expressed in the commandments of God, the faith 
of Jesus, and the eternal redemption from sin. 

The next color is the purple :— 

“And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread 
a purple cloth thereon: and they shall put upon it all the vessels 
thereof, wherewith they minister about it, even the censers, the flesh- 
hooks, and the shovels, and the basons, all the vessels of the altar; 
and they shall spread upon it a covering of badgers’ skins, and put 
to the staves of it. Num. 4:13-14. 

We see that this covering pertains to the altar whereon 
the offerings were made. The priest was the one who min¬ 
istered at the altar in behalf of the people. It was His min¬ 
istry that taught the people the way of life. And he was a 
type of Christ, our Great High-Priest. And so we read that 


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Christ, as He gave His life for the sheep, was clothed in 
purple :— 

“And the soldiers led him away into the hall, called Prsetorium; 
and they call together the whole band, and they clothed him with 
purple, and platted a crown of thorns, and put it about his head.” 
Mark 15:16-17. 

And to show that He was also the sin-bearer of the 
world Matthew records the fact that there was a scarlet 
robe put on Him. This was all providentially done to show 
and teach us that He met every requirement that pertained to 
the redemption of men through Him. 

The next important point of this study is the further 
significance of the placing of these colors in the cloud, as 
the token of the everlasting covenant; and to be there the 
sign to the world that as long as that token could be seen 
the world should not be destroyed. 

This token is not only to be seen in the cloud, but it is 
to be realized by faith through the Word of God that it is 
also in heaven itself. There it surrounds the throne of grace 
from which Christ ministers salvation to the world:— 

“And immediately I was in the Spirit: and, behold, a throne was 
set in heaven, and one sat on the throne. And he that sat was to 
look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow 
round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.” Rev. 4:2-3. 

It seems that the reflection of the glory of God, from 
Christ Himself, produces this rainbow as He ministers upon 
the throne of grace: “And I saw another mighty angel come 
down from heaven, clothed with a cloud; and a rainbow was 
upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his 
feet as pillars of fire.” Rev. 10:1. 

Here Christ is called a mighty angel. He is “Michael 
the archangel.” Thus, the rainbow is a sign that distin¬ 
guishes Him from all others in His ministry. 

The prophet Ezekiel was given a vision of this throne as 
follows:— 

“And above the firmament that was over their heads was the 


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likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon 
the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man 
above upon it. And I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance 
of fire round about within it, from the appearance of his loins even 
upward, and from the appearance of his loins even downward, I 
saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness round 
about. As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day 
of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This 
was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord.” Eze. 
1 126-28. 

It is here plainly stated that “as the appearance of the 
bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the 
appearance of the brightness round about” the One on the 
throne. Thus we see that beyond all question, that bow is 
the sign of the everlasting covenant. It was placed in the 
Scloud simply as a token of the everlasting covenant, for the 
encouragement and hope of all who would be benefited 
by it. 

But there comes the time when that covenant will be 
broken with all the people, as we plainly read in the book 
of Zechariah:— 

“And I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I 
might break my covenant which I had made with all the people. And 
it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock that waited 
upon me knew that it was the word of the Lord.” Zech. 11:10-11. 

The poor of the flock, which signifies the remnant (Zeph. 
3:12-13), will knoiv when that covenant is broken which has 
been made with all the people. Can these know this without 
knowing the sign of the Son of Man and the token of that 
covenant? No. Therefore we read how they will know. 

Jesus further says: “Verily I say unto you, this generation 
shall not pass till all these things be fulfilled.” “All” includes 
the personal coming of Christ as well. Hence “this genera¬ 
tion” could not apply till the signs have been given: the last 
of which is the culmination of the seven last plagues, “the 
time of trouble such as never was since there was a nation,” 
when all the tribes of the earth are mourning. 

Note these points well and believe what the Scriptures 


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say. The sign of the Son of Man will be seen when proba¬ 
tion closes, and prior to the falling of the plagues. And as 
the bow is the sign of the everlasting covenant, that bow 
must be manifested in some remarkable manner, or with¬ 
drawn entirely from the heavens, that the poor of the flock 
may know that it is the Word of the Lord and that probation 
is closed. 

In the Lord’s discourse on this very subject (Matt. 24:3), 
as recorded by Luke and Matthew, there are given nine dis¬ 
tinct signs which indicate the nearness of the coming of the 
Son of Man. “There shall be signs.” 

1. “In the sun; 

2. “In the moon; 

3. “In the stars; 

4. “And upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity ; 

5. “The sea and the waves roaring; 

6. “Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking 
after those things that are coming on the earth; 

7. “The powers of heaven shall be shaken; 

8. “And then shall they see the sign of the Son of Man 
in heaven; 

9. “And then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn; 

“And then shall they see the Son of Man coming in the 

clouds of heaven with power and great glory.” Luke 21:25* 
27; Matt. 24:29, 30. 

“And when these things begin to come to pass, then look 
up and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.” 
Luke 21128. 

And “when ye shall see all these things, know that the last 
generation is then living and it (or ‘He,’ margin is near, 
even at the doors.” Matt. 24:33. 

When the first sign was given, and thus these things began 
to come to pass, redemption was “nigh.” When the second 
was given it was nigher. And so nigher and nigher, till the 


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ninth and last one, “And then shall ye see the Son of Man 
coming” 

The eighth one is (( the sign of the Son of Man,” seen in 
heaven. The ninth one is the mourning of all the tribes of 
the earth. “And then shall they see— not the sign of the 
Son of Man, but— the Son of Man” Himself, “coming in the 
clouds of heaven.” 

THE INDIGNATION 

The time set by the Word of God for the fulfillment of 
the 2300 days to be accomplished, is definitely declared to 
be “the last end of the Indignation.” 

In making Daniel to understand the vision of the 2300 
days, the angel Gabriel said:— 

“Behold, I will make thee know what shall be in the last end 
of the indignation: for at the time appointed the end shall be.” 
Dan. 8:19. 

The subject of “ the indignation,” therefore, cannot be too 
well understood by those who would know the truth. It is 
mentioned by all the prophets of the Old Testament, as a 
specific period in which the wrath of God is to be visited 
upon the earth. And as a result of this visitation, and by 
it, the consumption of the whole earth is determined. 

“Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made 
strong: for I have heard from the Lord God of hosts a consumption, 
even determined upon the whole earth.” Isa. 28:22. 

Let the reader note that this phrase is not used in the 
Bible as applying to general visitations of God’s wrath; but 
is used specifically by the prophets as applying to a definite 
time. And this specific period is in connection with the end 
of the world, and has its specific application with the seven 
last plagues. 

Please read it: “And the third angel followed them saying 
with a loud voice, if any man worship the beast and his 
image and receive his mark in his forehead or in his hand, 
the same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God which 


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is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation.” 
Rev. 14:9, 10. 

In Rev. 15:1 this wine of the wrath of God is expressly 
defined thus: “I saw another sign in heaven, great and mar¬ 
vellous—seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in 
them is filled up the wrath of God.” 

In Rev. 15:/ it is said that one of the four living creatures 
at the throne gave unto the seven angels of these plagues 
“seven golden vials full of the wrath of God.” 

Then in Rev. 16 there is the detailed description of their 
visitation upon the inhabitants of the earth, as they are 
poured out one by one. 

Thus there can be no mistake as to when and in what is 
“the last end of the indignation” referred to by the angel of 
God as he spoke to Daniel. 

We now turn to Zeph. 3:8 and read: “Therefore wait 
ye upon me, saith the Lord, until the day that I rise up to 
the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that 
I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indig¬ 
nation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be 
devoured with the fire of my jealousy.” 

Note that here the word “indignation” is again used in 
connection with the destruction of the nations as they are 
visited by God’s fierce anger. 

Note another point: The anger of the Lord is not visited 
by some miraculous thing from heaven only; but also by the 
heathen nations. God has always used heathen powers for 
the destruction and punishment of his people. On this point 
see the “Yellow Peril” by the writer. 

Again we read: 

“And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the deso¬ 
lation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? 
and where will ye leave your glory? Without me they shall bow 
down under the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain. . . . 

For yet a very little while, and the indignation shall cease, and mine 
anger in their destruction.” Isa. 10: 3 ~ 5 > 2 5 * 


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This Scripture uses the name of the Assyrian as the rod 
of His anger. Ancient names and events are carried down 
to modern times as shown in the book referred to. Without 
this understanding the reader could easily make the applica¬ 
tion of the above Scripture to ancient times only. But the 
connection shows that it is a latter day prophecy, as here 
used. In the 13th chapter the same thought is again referred 
to in verses 3-5. 

Again in chapter 26, in connection with the resurrection 
of the dead which takes place at the coming of Christ, the 
subject is again introduced in the following language:— 

“Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people; let the 
earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that came 
forth of it. For the indignation of the Lord is upon all nations, 
and his fury upon all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, 
he hath delivered them to the slaughter.” Isa. 34:1, 2. 

And again we read:— 

“Behold, the name of the Lord cometh from far, burning with 
his anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of 
indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire: And his breath, as 
an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck, to sift 
the nations with the sieve of vanity: and there shall be a bridle in 
the jaws of the people, causing them to err. 

“Ye shall have a song, as in the night when a holy solemnity is 
kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come 
into the mountain of the Lord, to the mighty One of Israel. And 
the Lord shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew 
the lightning down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, 
and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and tempest, 
and hailstones.” Isa. 30:27-30. 

And once more by this prophet in the last chapter of his 
book, we read as follows:— 

“And when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones 
shall flourish like an herb: and the hand of the Lord shall be known 
toward his servants, and his indignation toward his enemies. For, 
behold, the Lord will come with fire, and with his chariots like a 
whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames 
of fire. For by fire and by his sword will the Lord plead with all 
flesh: and the slain of the Lord shall be many.” Isa. 66:14-16. 

Thus it is clear that so far as Isaiah is concerned, he 


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taught definitely as to the time when God’s indignation and 
anger would fall: namely, with the coming of Christ and 
the end of the world. 

We now turn to Jeremiah and bring his testimony:— 

“But the Lord is the true God, he is living God, and an ever¬ 
lasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations 
shall not be able to abide his indignation.” Jer. 10:10. 

Again we read:— 

“A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction. How 
is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is 
Babylon become a desolation among the nations!. I have laid a 
snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast 
not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven 
against the Lord. The Lord hath opened his armoury, and hath 
brought forth the weapons of his indignation : for this is the work 
of the Lord God of hosts in the land of the Chaldeans.” Jer. 50:22-25. 

Now we will introduce the third witness and hear his 
testimony:— 

“And I will pour out mine indignation upon thee, I will blow 
against thee in the fire of my wrath, and deliver thee into the hand 
of brutish men, and skilful to destroy. Thou shalt be for fuel to 
the fire; thy blood shall be in the midst of the land; thou shalt be 
no more remembered: for I the Lord have spoken it.” Eze. 21131-32. 

Again we read from the same prophet the following:—• 

“And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the 
hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should 
not destroy it: but I found none. Therefore have I poured out mine 
indignation upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of my 
wrath : their own way have I recompensed upon their heads, saith 
the Lord God.” Eze. 22:30-31. 

Thus all three of these major prophets of the Bible bear 
their united testimony concerning the visitation of God’s wrath 
upon the world in connection with the coming of Christ. 

Turning now to the minor prophets of the Old Testament 
it is easy to be seen that they also bear the same testimony. 
Nahum speaks thus:— 

“The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is 
burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein. 


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Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the 
fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks 
are thrown down by him.” Na. i :5, 6. 

Habakkuk also says :— 

“Thou didst march through the land in indignation, thou didst 
thresh the heathen in anger. Thou wentest forth for the salvation 
of thy people, even for salvation with thine anointed ; thou woundedst 
the head of the house of the wicked, by discovering the foundation 
unto the neck.” Hab. 3:12-13. 

Now we turn to our final witness: the angel Gabriel to 
Daniel, in his long prophetic history of the world as recorded 
in the nth chapter. In the 36th verse we read:— 

“And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt 
himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak mar¬ 
vellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the 
indignation be accomplished : for that that is determined shall be 
done.” 

In verse 35, the prophet speaks of the time of the end 
as “a time appointed”:— 

“And some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, 
and to purge, and to make them white, even to the time of the end: 
because it is yet for a time appointed 

The “time of the end” is a period definitely marked in 
the Scriptures as beginning in 1798 at the termination of 
the prophetic period of 1260 years that mark the time of 
papal supremacy as established in the western empire of 
Rome. Verse 36 introduces a specific king who is to 
accomplish a definite work. And this king is to continue 
and prosper “till the indignation be accomplished; for that 
is determined shall be done.” The word “determined” as 
used twice in the ninth chapter and here in the eleventh, means 
“allotted or decreed,” “a limitation set.” 

Now as we read the foregoing list of Scriptures, who can 
doubt for a single moment that <c the indignation” spoken of 
is the seven last plagues which are to precede the coming of 
Christ? In the first part of the twelfth 'chapter of Daniel 
that time is referred to as “a time of trouble such as never 


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was since there was a nation.” It is so expressed by all the 
Old Testament prophets and constitutes the burden of all 
their prophecy. 

Who has not read the Old Testament prophets with amaze¬ 
ment at the terrible calamities therein described, supposing, at 
the time of the reading that these Scriptures had their appli¬ 
cation in the Jewish history before Christ? But that is not 
true. Those judgments were never visited upon the Jews. 
They are still future. The difficulty has been with the reader. 
He has not seen that ancient names are carried down to 
modern history; and consequently has supposed that those 
judgments are all in the past. 

Now, coming to the real point as expressed in the eighth 
chapter of Daniel, where the angel gives the explanation 
of the 2300 days. As given in the 13th and 14th verses, 
it is a most important question. Now read the 19th verse: 
“And he said, Behold I will make thee know what shall be 
in the last end of the indignation; for at the time appointed 
the end shall be.” 

Next what is the cleansing of the sanctuary as expressed 
in verse 14? We reply by inquiring, What was the defiling 
of the sanctuary? To this last question the answer is plain 
as recorded in verses 9-12, which read thus:— 

“And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed 
exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward 
the pleasant land. And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven; 
and it cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground, 
and stamped upon them. Yea, he magnified himself even to the 
prince of the host, and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away, 
and the place of his sanctuary was cast down. And an host was 
given him against the daily sacrifice by reason of transgression, and 
it cast down the truth to the ground; and it practised, and prospered.” 
Dan. 8:9-12. 

It is easily seen in the foregoing Scripture that a certain 
power or government would arise and oppress the people of 
God, cast their rulers to the ground and stamp upon them. 


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This power would also magnify himself even to Christ, and 
take away the daily sacrifice (or the daily worship as stated 
in the next sentence), “The place of His sanctuary was cast 
down.” 

Some have supposed the daily sacrifice which was taken 
away was the sacrificial offerings as commanded in the law 
of Moses; also the casting down of the sanctuary, to be the 
destruction of the temple at Jerusalem. 

We hardly think this can be true. It refers more directly 
to the breaking up of the true worship of God by casting the 
truth to the ground and the destruction of the places of 
assembly for that worship. We are commanded in the Scrip¬ 
tures to “take up the cross daily and follow Himalso “to 
present our bodies a living sacrifice.” We are even crucified 
together with Him. It refers, therefore, more directly to this 
than to the temple worship at Jerusalem. 

In Lev. 26:31 the word “sanctuary” is used in the plural 
sense as “sanctuaries.” Those who have held it to be the 
literal temple at Jerusalem and the daily offerings made at 
the temple are involved in difficulties in locating the power 
symbolized by the horn which represented one of the divisions 
of the Grecian empire. The defilement of the sanctuary 
was the introduction of false worship, the trampling of the 
truth to the ground, the breaking up of the assemblies of true 
worship: in brief, a destruction of all true forms of worship 
in the territory described. 

The question was asked by one angel to another, “How 
long” would such a condition exist? The answer is plain, 
“Unto 2300 days then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.” The 
cleansing of the sanctuary then is the destruction of this 
power, and the restoration of the true worship. 

Now “the last end of the indignation” which is the seventh 
plague, is marked as the time when the last vestige of the 
powers and government of this world will be destroyed. 

So in the last end of the seven last plagues—no sooner. 


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no later—will the 2300 years meet their fulfillment. And no 
amount of speculation or explanation will ever change this 
fact. 

It matters not how many have believed to the contrary; 
nor how many have been converted to other teachings; nor 
how many dollars have been raised to promulgate other posi¬ 
tions ; nor what anybody or all men may say of it; the truth 
will still remain that the 2300 days will not end until the 
seventh or last plague is visited upon the world, and then 
Christ will come. 

The word that says, “I will make thee know what shall be 
in the last end of the indignation; for at the time appointed 
the end shall be,” were spoken directly of the vision and the 
question as to the 2300 days. That word is the Word of 
God, and it will stand forever as it is written. 

THE THREE MESSAGES 

In the 14th chapter of Revelation there is given a descrip¬ 
tion of a class of people developed in the last days and just 
prior to the coming of Christ. 

They are represented as having the Father’s name written 
in their foreheads; and they sing a new song which no man 
could learn but the 144,000 which are “redeemed from the 
earth.” 

They are further described as being “not defiled with 
women, for they are virgins, being the first-fruits unto God 
and the Lamb.” They are “without fault before the throne.” 

Following the description of this company there are three 
messages recorded which read as follows:— 

“And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the 
everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and 
to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, Saying with a 
loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his 
judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, 
and the sea, and the fountains of waters. And there followed another 
angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she 


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made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication. 
And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If 
any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in 
his forehead, or in his hand. The same shall drink of the wine of 
the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the 
cup of his indignation.” 

Much has been said and written during the last seventy 
years prior to this writing, regarding this company of people 
and these messages. The position has been taken that the 
first angel’s message was designed by the Lord to call the 
attention of the world to a supposed “investigative judgment” 
that was to begin at the close of the 2300 days which, it 
was held, ended in 1844. 

This “investigative judgment” is explained to be the 
cleansing of the heavenly sanctuary. That is, when this “in¬ 
vestigative judgment” is completed, all sin which has accumu¬ 
lated in the records of the heavenly sanctuary will have been 
blotted out and placed upon the head of Satan, the originator 
of sin: thus cleansing the heavenly sanctuary from all its 
defilements. 

That interpretation has been placed upon the fourteenth 
verse of the eighth chapter of Daniel. These also state that the 
expression, “the hour of His judgment” signifies the message 
to be a time message: that is, it must be based upon a prophetic 
period; and that prophetic period they claim to be the 2300 
days. 

As to its being based upon a prophetic period, and a time 
message, we agree; because no one can preach that message 
of the everlasting gospel without having some definiteness as 
to the time. For it says, “the hour [time] of His judgment 
is come.” But we disagree very much, that this message 
refers to the prophetic period of Dan. 8:14. 

“And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred 
days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.” 

We also disagree that it refers at all to a heavenly sane- 


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tuary and its cleansing; for the reason that there is no Scrip¬ 
ture to prove either one. On the contrary any one ought to 
see that the heavenly sanctuary is not referred to at all in 
this Scripture. 

And if they will only think for a moment they will see 
that there is not a text of Scripture in the Bible that would 
teach such a thing as an “investigative judgment” to take 
place: in which the people of earth are to know about, either 
in the manner of its being conducted or the time when it is 
to take place. 

The Scripture upon this point is perfectly silent and all 
claims made for such an investigation is simply an assertion 
without any foundation whatever. It will require only a 
little thought to see that the judgment referred to in this 
Scripture is one in which the people of earth are to be inter¬ 
ested. The twelfth and thirteenth chapters of Revelation 
reveal three great world powers symbolized by the dragon, 
the beast and a two-horned beast or false-prophet. These are 
governments which have been connected with the people of 
God and have all been persecutors of Christians in their 
borders. 

The fourteenth chapter introduces these messages as warn¬ 
ings against the worshipers of these governments; and of the 
surety of the wrath of God which is to fall upon all such. 

The fifteenth chapter speaks of the seven angels which 
are to pour out upon the earth the wrath of God. 

The sixteenth chapter is a record of this wrath of God, 
as visited upon the people by the seven last plagues. 

The seventeenth chapter brings to view the fact that these 
divisions are religious in their form of government as sym¬ 
bolized by a woman seated upon a scarlet-colored beast which 
represents the second government introduced. 

Now note that this seventeenth chapter is introduced thus: 
“And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven 


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vials and talked with me saying unto me, come hither, I 
will show unto thee the judgment of the great whore/’ 

This woman is a symbol of these governments under their 
religious form, as the rest of the chapter shows. The subject 
is continued throughout the eighteenth chapter. 

In the eighth verse of the eighteenth chapter we read: 
“Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death and 
mourning and famine and she shall be utterly burned with 
fire for strong is the Lord God that judgeth her.” 

In verse io it says: “Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, 
that mighty city, for in one hour is thy judgment come.” 

In verse 17 it says: “For in one hour so great riches 
is come to naught.” 

In verse 21 and a mighty angel took up a stone like 
a great mill-stone and cast it into the sea saying, “Thus 
with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down 
and shall be found no more at all.” 

And finally in chapter 19 we read verse 20: “And the 
beast was taken and with him the false prophet that wrought 
miracles before him. These both were cast into a lake of 
fire burning with brimstone.” 

The prophet continues thus: 

“All Nations shall come to worship before thee for thy judgments 
are made manifest.” Rev. 15 ‘.4. 

Again he speaks: 

“For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the 
great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath 
avenged the blood of his servants at her hand. And again they said, 
Al-le-lu-ia. And her smoke rose up for ever and ever.” Rev. 19:2. 

Ezekiel speaks of these judgments as four sore judgments: 

“For thus saith the Lord God; how much more when I send my 
four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and 

the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and 
beast?” Ezek. 14:21. 

This is the story as sketched concerning the messages and 


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their import as found in the seven chapters of the book of 
Revelation referred to. In none of them do we find an intima¬ 
tion of any “investigative judgment” in a heavenly sanctuary 
wherein the lives and names of men are examined prior to 
the close of probation. On the contrary the whole record 
shows that it is the judgment of God being visited upon an 
apostate professedly Christian people. Hence there is a reason 
why the people of earth should be told of it before this 
calamity befalls them. 

And so it is plainly stated by the second message which 
says: “Babylon is fallen, is fallen.” This is followed in the 
eighteenth chapter with the earnest appeal that those who 
love God shall forsake her before the awful calamity comes. 

Thus we read :— 

“And after these things I saw another angel come down from 
heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his 
glory. And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon 
the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, 
and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cave ,of every unclean and 
hateful bird. For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath 
of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed forni¬ 
cation with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through 
the abundance of her delicacies. And I heard another voice from 
heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers 
of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. For her sins 
have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.” 
Rev. 18:1-5. 

This makes the Bible harmonious and consistent; and we 
can see the reasonableness of the three messages referred to 
in the fourteenth chapter. 

As stated, these messages must be based upon time. This 
time must reach to a definite point in connection with the 
visitation of these judgments. And that point is the close 
of probation. 

For following the close of probation these judgments are 
to fall upon Babylon and be poured out without mixture of 


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mercy. Hence we say if the 2300 days are at all connected 
with this subject they must end when probation closes. But, 
as before shown, they do not end till “the last end of the 
indignation,” which is the seven last plagues. 

Therefore we cannot consider the 2300 days as in any way 
connected with the first message which calls attention to 
the “hour of His judgment.” There must be other prophetic 
periods and other evidence designed to teach us that great 
truth. We would therefore refer the reader to the evidences 
given on the prophetic periods given in this book which reach 
to the close of probation; as it is those periods that are con¬ 
nected with the first message and not the 2300 days at all. 
We wish here to introduce however further evidence showing 
that this message must be based upon time. 

There is introduced in the eighth, ninth, tenth and eleventh 
chapters of Revelation a line of prophecy called the seven 
trumpets. The last three are woe trumpets, which are to 
be visited with great violence upon the earth. 

It is said:— 

“And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of 
heaven, saying with a loud voice, "Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters 
of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the 
three angels, which are yet to sound! Rev. 8:13. 

“But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall 
begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath 
declared to his servants the prophets.” Rev. 10 7. 

Further we read: 

“And the seventh angel sounded and there were great voices in 
heaven saying the kingdom of the world is become the kingdom of 
our Lord and of His Christ and he shall reign forever and ever.” 
Rev. 11:15. Rev. Ver. 

The prophet continues thus: 

“And the nations were angry and thy wrath is come and the time 
of the dead that they should be judged and that thou shouldst give 
reward unto thy servants the prophets and to the saints and them that 


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fear thy name, small and great and shouldst destroy them which destroy 
the earth.” Rev. 11:18. 

The above are the events that are to occur during the 
seventh trumpet. Some have supposed that because the dead 
are to be judged, this must refer to an “investigative judg¬ 
ment.” If so it could not apply until after probation closes. 
But we think it does not; but rather to their resurrection and 
reward in contrast with the judgment of destruction upon 
those which destroy the earth. 

There is recorded in the tenth chapter of Revelation evi¬ 
dence sufficient to show any one that just prior to the close 
of the sixth trumpet and the beginning of the seventh, there 
is a message given to the people based upon this. It reads 
as follows:— 

“And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven clothed 
with a cloud and a rainbow was upon his head and his face was as 
it were the sun and his feet as pillars of fire and he had in his hand 
a little book open and he set his right foot upon the sea and his left 
foot on the earth and swear by him that liveth forever and ever who 
created heaven and the things that therein are and the earth and the 
things that therein are and the sea and the things which are therein 
that there should be time no longer.” Rev. 10:1-6. 

Verses eight, nine and ten record the experience of those 
who' receive the truth and light of this time message as an 
experience of sweetness in the mouth as honey, but as to 
the proclamation of it one of bitterness. Thus it is clear 
that there must be a message based upon time. And as that 
time was not correct as proclaimed in 1833 to 1844 and as 
the 2300 days did not meet its fulfillment then, it still remains 
a fact that a time movement is due the world in the fulfill¬ 
ment of prophecy and no doubt but the bitterness of the real 
message will be met from the scoffers of the world who have 
been made to scoff at all time setting by the mistake of those 
who made it. 

However the angel says: “Thou must prophesy again 


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before many peoples and nations and tongues and kings.” 
These messages are a three-fold message presenting three 
great phases of one mighty message which is now due the 
world. 

These phases and principles are all to be proclaimed and 
taught at the same time and by the same messengers whom 
God raises up to proclaim the truth for this time. Those 
who proclaim them are such as have a definite message based 
upon undeniable scriptural facts and evidence showing clearly 
the time to be here when the judgments of God are to be 
visited upon Babylon and her daughters. 

In connection with this the messenger will show clearly 
who those daughters are, as being representative of the various 
federated organizations now existing in the three great di¬ 
visions of spiritual Babylon, namely: the Greek Catholic 
church in the east, the Latin or Roman Catholic church in 
western Europe, and Protestantism in America; with all their 
subdivided federated organizations. The call from heaven 
is, “Come out of her My people, that you be not partaker 
of her sins. 

Christendom, as a whole, is symbolized by the mother. 
The three divisions symbolized by her three daughters, and 
all subdivisions of these three are represented by daughters 
of her daughters. Ex. 16. The whole constitute the women 
with whom the 144,000 are not defiled. 

The 144,000 are called virgins. They are not espoused 
to any of these organizations. They are not drunken with 
the wine of her fornication. They are not committing forni¬ 
cation with her. They are not patterned after her in any 
of her federated organizations; nor are they partakers of her 
false doctrines. They follow the Lamb whithersoever He 
goeth. 

Christ is the Author and Finisher of our faith. The Bible 
alone is the production of His authorship. Hence the rem- 


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nant follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth, by taking the 
Bible, the whole Bible, and nothing but the Bible, as author¬ 
ity. Each one connected with Jesus Christ as his head de¬ 
pends upon the Holy Spirit to lead him into all truth. Each 
one keeps the Commandments of God and the Faith of Jesus. 
Each one is united with the invisible church of the first-born 
having his name written in heaven. These constitute those 
who escape the judgments so soon to fall and are called “the 
remnant of her seed.” Not the remnant church, as some 
claim; but the legitimate seed of the heavenly woman men¬ 
tioned in the twelfth chapter of Revelation: which woman 
has no daughters, but all the children of God are reckoned 
as her “seed.” 

This is the message now due the world. May God raise 
up men of His own calling and fitness to proclaim this three¬ 
fold message with the power and speed with which it is now 
due the world. The king’s business requireth haste 

THE TWO ATONEMENTS. 

In the study of the typical feasts introduced in this book 
the reader will observe that they come in consecutive order. 

But the inquiry may arise in the mind of the reader, How 
Could Christ make the atonement at his crucifixion, which 
was in the spring of the year, and there be another atonement 
in consecutive order to take place on the tenth day of the 
seventh month, or fall of the year; and yet have these feasts 
come in their consecutive order? 

We reply that a brief study of the question will make 
this plain: That Christ did make the atonement and enter 
the most holy place of the heavenly sanctuary when He 
ascended after His crucifixion, there can be no doubt. Read 
the following Scriptures: Heb. 6:19-20; Heb. 1:1-3; Rev. 
3:21; Mark 16:19; Heb. 9:3-9; Eph. 1:20. 

To every candid mind these Scriptures will settle the 


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question that there was an atonement made when Christ 
ascended after his crucifixion. And further, there can be 
no doubt left that he also entered the Most Holy place of 
the heavenly sanctuary at His ascension. Therefore, how 
could the atonement, in the fall of the year, be in consecutive 
order, and mean the same thing? 

We reply, It could not. Therefore, there must be two 
atonements made: or else we must give up the idea of con¬ 
secutive order in the feasts. 

We cannot give up the consecutive order; for every other 
feast shows they were consecutive. Therefore, the atonement 
made on the tenth day of the seventh month must also be 
consecutive. 

A little study of the law of Moses and an understanding 
of the lessons taught by each sacrifice used will show a 
clear distinction between the two atonements. 

The atonement made on the tenth day of the seventh 
month was made by the blood of a goat. The atonement made 
on the fourteenth day of the first month was made by the blood 
of the passover Lamb. 

The body of the passover lamb was to be eaten by the 
people. The body and all parts of the goat were to be taken 
without the camp and burned. Lev. 16:27. 

Thus we see at once there was an entirely different lesson 
taught by each of the two offerings. 

As to what the passover lamb symbolized we need not 
doubt; for the apostle Paul plainly tells us that Christ is our 
passover. And that the body of that lamb symbolized the 
body of Christ, and the blood of the lamb symbolized the 
blood of Christ, is plainly taught in Matt. 26:26-28. It is 
also a fact that He is the “Lamb slain from the foundation 
of the world.” 

Therefore we see at once that it was the blood of the 
lamb, and not the blood of the goat, that made the atonement 


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for the people in the passover feast. And, as Christ was 
the anti-type of that passover Lamb, it was the blood of 
Christ, as the anti-type of that lamb, that made the atonement 
for the sins of the whole world. 

And that is the atonement that was made at His ascension. 
And it was the blood of this Lamb that was the blood of 
the everlasting covenant which had been made with all the 
people signifying that whosoever would, let him come and 
partake of the water of life freely. That blood made propi¬ 
tiation “not for our sins only but for the sins of the whole 
world.” 

This was taught in the covenant which God made with 
Abraham. The apostle Paul in Gal. 3:17 says that the cove¬ 
nant made with Abraham was confirmed before of God in 
Christ. 


THE EVERLASTING COVENANT WITPI 

ABRAHAM. 

We now turn and see how that covenant was confirmed: 

“And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, 
and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and 
a turtledove, and a young pigeon. And he took unto him all these, 
and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against 
another: but the birds divided he not. And when the fowls came 
down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away. And when the 
sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an 
horror of great darkness fell upon him. And he said unto Abram, 
Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is 
not their’s, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hun¬ 
dred years; and also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: 
and afterward shall they come out with great substance. And thou 
shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old 
age, but in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for 
the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full. 

“And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was 
dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed 
between those pieces. In the same day the Lord made a covenant 


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with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the 
river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates. Gen. 15 

The reader will notice that each of these offerings was to 
be “three years old,” except the birds. Now in each offering 
there was represented different conditions of that covenant 
which is explained in the book of the law of Moses. 

The age of these animals represented the duration of 
Christ’s ministry when upon the earth, at which time the 
principles of that covenant were set forth and taught to the 
people. The dividing of these animals and the passing be¬ 
tween them was the confirmation of the promise of God 
explained by the apostle Paul that this covenant was con¬ 
firmed by an oath in which it was impossible for God to lie. 

The reader will notice that there was a heifer of three 
years old, a she-goat of three years old, and a ram of three 
years old. These three expressed the three specific principles 
of the covenant. 

The reader should make a careful study of the first 
five chapters of the book of Leviticus where different kinds 
of sins are mentioned, and different offerings are made 
accordingly. 

For a trespass offering against the Lord in the holy things 
the individual was to bring a ram as his offering. Lev. 
5 * 15 - 19 :— 

“If a soul commit a trespass, and sin through ignorance, in the 
holy things of the Lord; then he shall bring for his trespass unto 
the Lord a ram without blemish out of the flocks, with thy estima¬ 
tion by shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for a 
trespass offering: And he shall make amends for the harm that he 
hath done in the holy thing, and shall add the fifth part thereto, and 
give it unto the priest: and the priest shall make an atonement for 
him with the ram of the trespass offering, and it shall be forgiven 
him. 

“And if a soul sin, and commit any of these things which are 
forbidden to be done by the commandments of the Lord; though he 
wist it not, yet is he guilty, and shall bear his iniquity. And he shall 


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bring a ram without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, 
for a trespass offering, unto the priest: and the priest shall make 
an atonement for him concerning his ignorance wherein he erred and 
wist it not, and it shall be forgiven him. 

It is a trespass offering: he hath certainly trespassed against the 
Lord.” Lev. 5:15-19. 

If a ruler sinned in his official duties through ignorance 
he should bring a kid of the goats, a male:— 

When a ruler hath sinned, and done somewhat through ignor¬ 
ance against any of the commandments of the Lord his God con¬ 
cerning things which should not be done, and is guilty; or if his sin, 
wherein he hath sinned, come to his knowledge; he shall bring his 
offering, a kid of the goats, a male without blemish.” Lev. 4: 22-2 3. 

If any of the common people sinned they were to bring 
a kid of the goats, a female :— 

“And if any one of the common people sin through ignorance, 
while he doeth somewhat against any of the commandments of the 
Lord concerning things which ought not to be done, and be guilty; 
Or if his sin, which he hath sinned, come to his knowledge: then 
he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a female, without 
blemish, for his sin which he hath sinned.” Lev. 4 \2j-2 8. 

If the whole congregation sinned through ignorance they 
should bring a young bullock for their sins.— 

“And if the whole congregation of Israel sin through ignorance, 
and the thing be hid from the eyes of the assembly, and they have 
done somewhat against any of the commandments of the Lord con¬ 
cerning things which should not be done, and are guilty; when the 
sin, which they have sinned against it, is known, then the congre¬ 
gation shall offer a young bullock for the sin, and bring him before 
the tabernacle of the congregation.” Lev. 4:13-14. 

If the priest that was anointed sinned lie was also to bring 
a bullock for his sin offering:— 

“If the priest that is anointed do sin according to the sin of 
the people; then let him bring for his sin, which he hath sinned, a 
young bullock without blemish unto the Lord for a sin offering.” 
Lev. 4:3. 

Thus we see that by each offering there was taught a 
distinct lesson, showing the degrees of responsibility; and all 
for the purpose of making an atonement or reconciliation. 


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That the female lamb was the animal used in the making 
of a covenant is plainly to be seen. We read of a covenant 
Abraham made with Abimelech:— 

“And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abime¬ 
lech ; and both of them made a covenant. And Abraham set seven 
ewe lambs of the flock by themselves. And Abimelech said unto 
Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by 
themselves? And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou 
take of my hand, that they may b§ a witness unto me, that I have 
digged this well.” Gen. 21 127-30. 

Lack of space forbids a full explanation of the lessons 
taught by all the offerings; but so far as the female is con¬ 
cerned in the covenant made with Abraham, the red heifer 
of three years old is fully considered in the nineteenth chapter 
of Numbers. Suffice it at present to say she was a symbol 
of Christ, the sin-bearer of the world, as indicated by her 
color and explained in Isa. 63:1-5, and Heb. 13:11, 12. 

The female was there used, for the purpose of teaching 
the lesson that Eve was the first in the transgression; and 
that Christ should be ‘‘made of a womanf* to be the sin-bearer 
for the transgression and sin of the whole world. 

The female goat, as offered in the Abrahamic covenant, 
taught that Christ was the sin-bearer for His people and 
that He would have compassion upon the ignorant and them 
that were out of the way. 

Now as to the ram that was offered in the Abrahamic 
covenant. For this symbol we get the explanation in the 
directions as to the ram of consecration at the anointing of 
Aaron, the high priest:— 

“And he brought the other ram, the ram of consecration: and 
Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram. And 
he slew it; and Moses took of the blood of it, and put it upon the 
tip of Aaron’s right ear, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and 
upon the great toe of his right foot. And he brought Aaron’s sons, 
and Moses put of the blood upon the tip of their right ear, and 
upon the thumbs of their right hands, and upon the great toes of their 


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right feet: and Moses sprinkled the blood upon the altar round about. 
And he took the fat, and the rump, and all the fat that was upon the 
inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and their 
fat, and the right shoulder: And out of the basket of unleavened 
bread, that was before the Lord, he took one unleavened cake, and a 
cake of oiled bread, and one wafer, and put them on the fat, and 
upon the right shoulder: and he put all upon Aaron’s hands, and 
upon his sons’ hands, and waved them for a wave offering before the 
Lord. And Moses took them from off their hands, and burnt them 
on the altar upon the burnt offering: they were consecrations for 
a sweet savour: it is an offering made by fire unto the Lord.” Lev. 
8122-28. 

Thus it is seen that all the offerings used in making the 
covenant with Abraham, represented Christ. First by the 
heifer He was represented as the sin-bearer of the world giving 
His life; and, as taught in the nineteenth .chapter of Num¬ 
bers, that he would be the life and the resurrection of the 
dead. In the female goat there was represented His ministry 
to His own people; and, last the ram of consecration showing 
His entire being consecrated to the work of God while here 
on earth. 

Therefore we see that the passover lamb, a female, meant 
the atonement for the sins of the whole world. And it was 
through that lamb that the way was open that whosoever 
will, may come and partake of the water of life freely. This 
is the atonement that was made when Christ ascended and 
sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Father. 

Yet at the closing of the world’s history and of His min¬ 
istry, there is to be an atonement made for the sanctuary, 
and for the people who have accepted of Christ and His 
ministry. This is plainly stated in the following passage:— 

“And there shall be no man in the tabernacle of the congregation 
when he goeth in to make an atonement in the holy place, until he 
come out, and have made an atonement for himself, and for his 
household, and for all the congregation of Israel. And he shall go 
out unto the altar that is before the Lord, and make an atonement 
for it; and shall take of the blood of the bullock, and of the blood 


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of the goat, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about. And 
he shall sprinkle of the blood upon it with his finger seven times, 
and cleanse it, and hallow it from the uncleanness of the children 
of Israel.” Lev. 16:17-18-19, 33. 

This atonement was made with the blood of the bullock, 
and the blood of the goat: the bullock showing that reconcilia¬ 
tion is made for the sins of all the people of the Lord, and 
the priest, that had been committed through ignorance; and 
the goat showing that the atonement had been made for the 
ruler and for every sin of the people. 

This is the atonement that is to take place at the close of 
probation. Hence it comes in consecutive order, and is the 
closing act in Christ’s ministry, signifying that reconciliation 
had been made for the whole congregation of Israel and for 
every act that had been done through ignorance by the people; 
and finally a complete atonement for the sanctuary itself, and 
every ministry connected with it. 

Let the reader bear in mind that in these two atonements 
the blood of the passover lamb which typified Christ’s cruci¬ 
fixion made the atonement for the whole world. And this 
female lamb covered the sins of the world from the first sin- 
made by Eve to the last sin made by any individual till the 
close of probation. And it was the blood of that female lamb 
that represented the blood of the everlasting covenant. 

Now the animals used by Abraham in making this covenant 
with the Lord (or rather the covenant made by the Lord with 
Abraham) symbolized the ministry and work of Christ when 
here upon the earth during the three years of His ministry 
in behalf of the people. 

At the consecration of Aaron there were tzvo rams selected: 
one for a trespass offering of the priest, the other the ram 
of consecration. As Christ was without sin He needed no 
ram as a trespass offering. Hence there was only one ram 
used by Abraham in the covenant, symbolizing the conse¬ 
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everything else, leaving Him free to give his entire being to 
the work to which he was called. 

We learn in Lev. 4 that the male goat was an offering 
made by the ruler for his errors (Lev. 4:22) ; and the female 
goat was used as an offering for the common people. Lev. 
4127-28. This shows that the female goat as offered in the 
.covenant made with Abraham, represented that the ministry 
of Christ would be largely devoted to the common people. 
And how true that was as we read his life and ministry when 
here upon the earth. 

The birds in this covenant made with Abraham, as stated 
in the fourth chapter of Leviticus, teach the lesson of the 
poverty under which Jesus would be born; and of His own 
condition during His own ministry. Lev. 5 7. In the fulfill¬ 
ment of this, Christ was born in a manger. His parentage 
was of the very poor people. 

“And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of 
the child, his name was called JESUS, which was so named of the 
angel before he was conceived in the womb. And when the days 
of her purification according to the law of Moses were accomplished, 
they brought him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord; (as it is 
written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb 
shall be called holy to the Lord;) and to offer a sacrifice according 
to that which is said in the law of the Lord, A pair of trutledoves, 
or two young pigeons.” Luke 2:21-24. 

And in His ministry it is said that when He went into 
the synagogue on the Sabbath there was delivered unto Him 
the book of the Prophet Isaiah and when He had opened the 
book he found the place where it was written:— 

“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed 
me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the 
broken-hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering 
of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised. To 
preach the acceptable year of the Lord. Luke 4:18-19. 

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of Christ whether He were the true Messiah, Christ sent the 
following message:— 

“Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear and 
see: The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are 
cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor 
have the gosepl preached to them. Matt. ii:4~5- 

The ordinary reader might not see the force of these 
Scriptures, without an understanding of the lesson taught 
by the symbols used in the covenant made with Abraham ; 
that these were characteristic, and were evidences of His true 
Messiaship. 

In Hebrews the apostle Paul speaks of Christ’s ministry 
thus:— 

“For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for 
men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and 
sacrifices for sins: Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and 
on them that are out of the way; for that he himself also is com¬ 
passed with infirmity.” Heb. 5:1-2. 

Therefore we see the reason given in the Scriptures why 
these different animals and the birds were chosen as the 
symbols in the covenant made with Abraham. Had the Jewish 
people not lost sight of this great truth, they could have 
discerned the genuineness of His mission, as they observed 
His ministry among the common people, and as they beheld 
His triumphant entry into Jerusalem meek and lowly, “riding 
upon an ass, and upon a colt, the foal of an ass.” But they 
were looking for a man who would come as king. And as 
their rulers had placed themselves in high and exalted posi¬ 
tions before the people, they could not imagine that the King 
of Glory would manifest himself as Christ did; ministering 
to the poor; the sick; the afflicted; choosing the ignorant 
and unlearned fishermen as his disciples. 

This lesson is just as important now as then. God chooses 
the weak instruments of the world to confound the mighty. 
And it is by the foolishness of preaching that men are saved. 


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A few learned and noble men accepted of Christ, but the 
masses were not so. 

In view of these principles the parable of the last call 
to the supper, which has its application in these last days, 
is very significant. The word is, “Call the poor; the maimed; 
the lame; and the blind; that my house may be filled.” The 
present great organizations and the exalted positions of the 
leaders of the people, will never allow them to accept the 
message from a lowly Nazarene. But while the common peo¬ 
ple will constitute the larger number of Christ’s people, yet 
we are thankful to know that some of the highest of earth 
are noble at heart, and even kings will come to His light and 
to the brightness of His rising. Isa. 60:3-5. The true mes¬ 
senger is ever content to walk in the footsteps of His Master, 
and to remember the words of Christ, that “the foxes have 
holes; the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of Man 
hath not where to lay his head.” 

THE RED HEIFER. 

In the nineteenth chapter of Numbers the Lord instructed 
Moses to bring a red heifer without spot wherein is no blemish 
and upon which never came yoke:— 

‘‘And ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest, that he may bring 
her forth without the camp, and one shall slay her before his face: 
and Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and 
sprinkle of her blood directly before the tabernacle of the congrega¬ 
tion seven times: and one shall burn the heifer in his sight; her 
skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn: 
and the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and 
cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer.” Num. 19:3-6. 

The instruction proceeds as follows:— 

“And a man that is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, 
and lay them up without the camp in a clean place, and it shall be 
kept for the congregation of the children of Israel for a water of 
separation: it is a purification for sin.” Num. 19:9. 


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The water used with these ashes was to be taken from a 
running stream. The individual who sprinkled the one defiled 
was to take hyssop and dip it in the water and sprinkle it 
upon the individual who had touched the dead or had been 
in the house where a person died, also the house; and the 
individuals were to be sprinkled on the third and also the 
seventh day. If they failed to be sprinkled on the third day 
then they could not be cleansed the seventh day. 

That this heifer was a symbol of Christ there is no ques¬ 
tion. Paul says:— 

“For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the 
sanctuary by the high priest for sin, we are burned without the camp. 
Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own 
blood, suffered without the gate. Let us go forth therefore unto 
him without the camp, bearing his reproach.” Heb. 13:11-13. 

That it represents Him as the great sin-bearer of the world 
is also plain. 

“Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments 
from Bozrah? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save. 
Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like 
him that threadeth in the winefat? I have trodden the wine-press 
alone, and of the people there was none with me.” Isa. 63 : 1 - 3 . 

That those dyed garments represent sin is equally plain:— 

“Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; 
though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.” Isa. 1 : 18 . 

And that the sprinkling of the ashes of the heifer for 
purification, meant the ministry of Christ, is equally plain. 
For, says the Scripture:— 

“If the blood of bulls, and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer, 
sprinkling the unclean, santifieth to the purifying of the flesh; how 
much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal spirit 
offered Himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from 
dead works to serve the living God.” Heb. 9:13-14. 

Thus the Scriptures interpret plainly the meaning thus far. 
Into the burning fire which consumed the heifer the priest 


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was to cast cedar wood, and hyssop and scarlet, into the 
midst of the burning heifer. 

Man is symbolized in the Scriptures by trees, as the reader 
can find in many instances. The cedar of Lebanon was used 
in the building of the temple, and is shown in the Scriptures 
as a symbol of Christ. The hyssop is a creeping vine used 
for the cleansing of the human flesh in case of wounds and 
bruises. The scarlet represented Christ, the sin-bearer. 

These were all cast into the burning fire and consumed 
into ashes, thus teaching the lesson of total annihilation into 
ashes, of every remedy that could be rendered by man. Even 
Christ in His death, if that were all, could not save us. Rom. 
5:10. But when the ashes were mingled with the water from 
the running stream, signifying the Spirit of God, the lesson 
is taught that through the quickening power of the Holy 
Spirit the resurrection from the dead could be hoped for. 

And so we read :— 

“Jesus Christ our Lord was made of the seed .of David, according 
to the flesh; and declared to be the Son of God with power, according to 
the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead.” Rom. 1 : 4 . 

Further the apostle Peter speaks:— 

“For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the 
unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the 
flesh, but quickened by the Spirit.” I Pet. 3:18. 

Thus Christ was an offering for the sins of the whole 
world; and literally died and paid the penalty for sin which 
was hanging over the head of every individual; and so making 
the way that whosoever believeth on Him, through the blood 
of the everlasting covenant shall be saved. 

This gospel of salvation was preached to Adam. And 

Paul describes it thus:— 

“Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I 
preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand: 
by which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached 


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unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you 
first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our 
sins according to the Scriptures. And that he was buried, and that 
he rose again the third day according to the Scriptures.” I Cor. 

This statement of the apostle is taken from Numbers 
nineteen where the resurrection was taught by the sprinkling 
with the water of purification on the third day. It also taught 
that all who by faith were thus sprinkled on the third day, 
which symbolized Christ’s resurrection, and on the seventh 
day, which symbolized the seven thousandth year, or millen- 
ium, could come into their inheritance, which is the earth 
made new, following the millenial period. But if they did 
not have faith to be sprinkled the third day, thus showing 
no faith in Christ’s resurrection, they could not be purified 
the seventh day. 

At the beginning of the seventh day the living righteous 
are changed to immortality, the dead righteous are raised to 
immortality, and enjoy immortality during the millennial age, 
and thus are prepared to come into their inheritance following 
that period. But if they fail to accept of Christ and His 
resurrection then they cannot be made immortal at the begin¬ 
ning of the seventh day; but must come up at the second 
resurrection at the end of the seventh thousand years, and 
die the second death, when all such will be consumed into 
ashes from which there is no resurrection. Alai. 4:4; Rev. 20. 

Is it not plain that the lesson taught in the covenant made 
with Abraham is just as essential and profitable to every 
student seeking for truth today, as it was the day that God 
made the everlasting covenant with Abraham? And so it 
is with every lesson taught in the law of Aloses. 


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PART IV 


TIME SETTING AND PROPHETIC 

PERIODS 

There has not been any point of Bible doctrine which has 
caused more scoffing by the unbeliever, than time setting by 
the Bible teachers of our day. The scoffer has not been 
wholly to blame, neither has the time setter. That there 
have been mistakes on the part of teachers who have entered 
this field of study, we all must admit; and on the other hand, 
no Bible student will say the Bible does not deal much in 
definiteness in telling beforehand the definite time certain 
events will take place. 

Now we think the trouble is not for want of sincerity on 
the part of those who have made mistakes, neither can we 
say they are not Christians, for we learn the disciples made 
mistakes in the understanding of the Scriptures, and if they 
would do so, why not men now, who may be just as good 
as they were, and just as desirous to know the truth and help 
their fellow men. It is no disgrace to make mistakes, but it 
is a disgrace for anyone when he has not to own it; and 
he should try to learn more perfectly that which he desires 
to know. 

The man who never changes his mind on some points of 
the Bible is surely a man who does not grow in grace and 
in a knowledge of the truth. God’s word alone is infallible. 
It is always truth. He alone is capable of foretelling future 
events, and he has not been afraid to place this history on 



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record; and we are free to say that not one prediction has 
ever failed. We feel free to also say that any mistake we 
may make in sincerity is for lack of this one thing, namely, 
a personal acquaintance with the word of God bearing on 
that point. The Scripture is not obscure, but is ever stated 
in the plainest language possible, but our unfamiliarity of the 
world’s history and every detailed statement of the word is 
the source of all mistakes. The Bible is truly a wonderful 
book. It enters into detail and gives the ages of men, events 
that transpired, and such a general history of the world 
since man was first created upon it that it is our privilege 
to know from the Bible alone and some familiar latter day 
history, that we are now living 5,916 years (1913) since man 
first appeared upon the stage of action in this world. (See 
Chronology given by the writer in this book, Time, Tradition 
and Truth.) On examination it is found that in every case 
where God said a certain thing would come to pass, though 
hundreds of years in advance, not a failure has taken place 
even to the very day. Why should he now fail in his 
predictions ? 

The coming of Christ and the end of the world is the 
climax of all earthly history as it pertains to the salvation 
of men. It is the time when the resurrection of the righteous 
takes place. It is the period when all living wicked will be 
destroyed by the brightness of his coming. It is the time 
when the living righteous will be changed to immortality. 
It is the time when all sickness and sorrow for God’s people, 
will end. It is the time when all the cities will be broken 
down at the presence of the Lord and when men will cry for 
rocks to hide them from his face. In brief, it is the close of 
all possible chance for salvation. Why would the Lord not 
tell us of such an important event in unmistakable language? 
And as he has given the definite time for many things to 
take place, why would he leave us in the dark on such an 
event as this? His people knew of the time of the flood, 


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they knew when the time came to leave Egypt. It was told 
how long the house of Israel and Judah should continue before 
the captivity of Babylon. The time of the birth of Christ 
was set, also His resurrection and crucifixion. Many prophetic 
periods have been given us in the Bible concerning the duration 
of earthly governments. The signs that would precede His 
coming have been located by plain statements as to when 
they would occur, and much more. Now let us see if He has 
said anything about the definite end of the world. Here are 
some of the expressions. God says he knew “the end from 
the beginning,” “for that which is determined shall be done.” 
“For at the appointed time the end shall be.” He that 
endureth to the end the same shall be saved.” 

“The end shall be at the time appointed.” “Therefore 
prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.” “This gospel of the 
kingdom shall be preached in all the world as a witness and 
then shall the end come.” The above are some of the state¬ 
ments of the Bible concerning the end of the world. We will 
further show the time is appointed by definite time periods. 
There are in the Bible many definite time periods all of which 
locate different events through the world’s history. Those 
reaching to the closing events of the world's history speak 
as follows. As a time times and the dividing of times. 
Another as 1290 days; another as 1335 days; another 2300 
days. The first period named is given also as 1260 days, 
and again as 42 months. It is the above four periods we 
wish to now consider. They are all introduced in the book 
of Daniel’s prophecy. The first mentioned is in Dan. 7:25. 
And as it is so universally admitted to apply to the work 
of the Latin church history from its establishment by law 
in 538 to 1798, we will not give further explanation to it. 
The fact is also well understood that the Lord in prophecy 
uses a natural day to represent one year when a long period 
is to be represented, so we will not discuss that point. The 
only difficulty that can arise in the understanding of the 


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definite time when an event is to take place is to get the time 
when the period begins. Upon this point the whole difficulty 
rests, and upon this miscalculation all mistakes have been 
made, and the parties who have made these mistakes are 
entitled to more credit than censure. First, they were those 
who desired to know, and second, they were of an inquiring 
mind to gain more light; both of these traits are very com¬ 
mendable on the part of any individual. I think there need 
be no trouble in locating the beginning if we will always 
follow the same rule that located one correctly. That rule 
must be the rule to follow in locating other periods. 

Now the period given in Dan. 7:25 was located by begin¬ 
ning the period at the time the little horn became established 
in its work. Next we must also remember it came out of 
the Roman beast and further out of the ten horns, for in 
order to be established, it first plucked up three of the ten. 
Now all must also admit that those ten horns were located 
in the western empire of Rome, and also the little horn was 
established in the western empire, and further it controlled no 
part of the eastern empire. Thus the beast represented all 
of Rome. Second, the ten horns, only the western half of 
Rome, and next the little horn was located among them in 
the west also. Now this rule must be followed in all prophecy 
in order to locate a horn power. Now following this rule 
let us go at once to the eighth chapter where we find another 
little horn. In this chapter the prophet begins with the ram 
and he goat as they were in conflict with each other. He 
tells us what became of the ram, and how the he goat was 
established. 

The date of that establishment was 33 b. c. when Grecia 
conquered Medo Persia. That is the date when this line of 
prophecy has its beginning. The next one was the breaking 
of the notable horn between the eyes of the goat and the 
raising up of four horns in its place. And remember this 
goat is Grecia and Alexander its first king, and out of his 


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kingdom came up four horns and out of one of them came 
also a little horn. Now where and in what part of the world 
does this little horn belong? We reply in the eastern empire 
of Rome, or rather what later became Roman territory. These 
two lines of prophecy are not a repetition: that is, the eighth 
is not a repetition of the seventh. Any one who will think 
must admit that while the seventh follows down through 
history from Babylon to Medo Persia then Grecia and then 
Rome, it takes the western empire in its last phase. 

Now the eighth chapter begins with Grecia and follows 
its historical utterances through Grecia and its divisions to 
the close of time. These four divisions of Grecia never em¬ 
braced the territory of the western empire of Rome in any 
of their history. Then how could it apply to the papacy in 
the west, simply because it is called a little horn, the same 
as a certain power in Dan. 7 is called a little horn? This is 
no proof, neither because it has some of the characteristics, 
neither because it was located in the territory of what after¬ 
wards became the territory of the eastern empire. None of 
these things are proof that it represented the same as the 
little horn of Dan. 7. As sure as the little horn came out 
of one of the four divisions of Grecia, that sure it is not a 
western power, for that is impossible. Upon these two chap¬ 
ters and their correct location depends the time to begin the 
periods of 2300 days, the 1335 days and the 1290 days of 
Dan 8:11, 12. There is another undeniable fact in the ques¬ 
tion ; namely, no prophetic period can be dated backward 
beyond the time of the introduction of the prophecy if it be 
connected with that line of prophecy given, namely the 1260 
days could not be dated back of the rise of the power with 
which it is connected. Note that point. So in the eighth 
chapter no period can be dated back of the introduction of 
the thing which caused the period to be given, and next, no 
subject not considered in the line of prophecy or having no 
reference to it, could be abruptly thrown in; that is also 


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contrary to good logic and inspiration. The 2300 days could 
not as some do be dated 457 b. c. as a beginning for that was 
126 years before Grecia comes into prophecy; neither can the 
heavenly sanctuary, which is foreign to the prophecy he intro¬ 
duced. Note this also. Hence these periods must be confined 
to the subject under consideration. Now the subject is plain 
which caused the periods to be written both in the seventh, 
eighth and twelfth chapters. It was because of Daniel’s 
earnest request in each case to know the history of these 
governments and their work in the destruction of the people 
of God. 

This question is one of such vital importance we quote 
the full vision that the reader may have it before him to 
study as he reads. 

“And I saw him come close unto the ram, and he was moved with 
choler against him, and smote the ram, and brake his two horns: 
and there was no power in the ram to stand before him, but he 
cast him down to the ground, and stamped upon him: and there 
was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand. Therefore 
the he goat waxed very great: and when he was strong, the great 
horn was broken; and for it came up four notable ones toward the 
four winds of heaven. And out of one of them came forth a lit¬ 
tle horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward the south, and 
toward the east, and toward the pleasant land. And it waxed 
great, even to the host of heaven; and it cast down some of the 
host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon them. Yea, 
he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and by him 

the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of his sanctuary 
was cast down. And an host was given him against the daily 
sacrifice by reason of transgression, and it cast down the truth to 
the ground; and it practiced, and prospered. Then I heard one 
saint speaking, and another saint said unto that certain saint 
which spake, How long shall be the vision concerning the daily 
sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give both the 
sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot? And he said unto 
me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the 
sanctuary be cleansed. “Dan. 8:7-14. 

Keep the subject in mind, namely, the desire to know the 


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length of the time the people of God will have to endure their 
experience with those who live in this territory described 
by Grecia and its various divisions. Daniel says he sought 
for the meaning in verse fifteen. 

And it came to pass, when I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision, 
and sought for the meaning, then, behold, there stood before me 
as the appearance of a man. And I heard a man’s voice between 
the banks of Ulai, which called, and said, Gabriel, make this man 
to understand the vision. So he came near where I stood: and 
when he came, I was afraid, and fell upon my face: but he said 
unto me, Understand, O son of man: for at the time of the end 
shall be the vision. Now as he was speaking with me, I was in a 
deep sleep on my face toward the ground: but he touched me, and 
set me upright. And he said, Behold, I will make thee know what 
shall be in the last end of the indignation: for at the time appointed 
the end shall come. Verses 15-19. 

Note the request and the reply. Both have their applica¬ 
tion to the powers under consideration and especially the little 
horn power and its work of trampling both the host and the 
sanctuary underfoot. 

The prophet is told at the time appointed the end shall 
be. What end? this is the question. We reply, the end of 
this power that will trample the host and the sanctuary under¬ 
foot, and note that the time is definitely set and will be accom¬ 
plished, and no one need doubt it and that end is also the 
end of the world, but if the little horn of Dan. 8 is the same 
as the little horn of Dan. 7 it ended in 1798. 

‘The ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of 
Media and Persia. And the rough goat is the king of Grecia: and 
the great horn that is between the eyes is the first king. Now 
that being broken, whereas four stood up for it, four kingdoms 
shall stand up out of the nation, but not in his power. And in 
the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are 
come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding 
dark sentences, shall stand up. And his own power shall be mighty, 
but not by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and 
shall prosper, and practice, and shall destroy the mighty and the 
holy people. And through his policy also he shall cause craft to 


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prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, 
and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against 
the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand. And 
the vision of the evening and the morning which was told is true: 
wherefore shut thou up the vision; for it shall be for many days. 
And I Daniel fainted, and was sick certain days; afterward I rose 
up, and did the king’s business; and I was astonished at the vision, 
but none understood it.” Dan. 8:20-27. 

There are three prophetic periods involved in these chap¬ 
ters. First the 2300 days, second the 1290 days, and the 
third 1335 days. This is evident for in chapter twelve the 
subject of the daily, mentioned in verse eleven and also chapter 
eight is given as a basis for reckoning the two latter periods. 
The design of chapter eight as stated is to give the history 
and length of time till the end of this power that treads both 
the sanctuary and the host underfoot, or rather the host and 
the sanctuary will be permitted to be trampled underfoot by 
this power, that being the end of the vision. When therefore, 
shall we date the beginning of the first and longest period? 
We reply from the establishment of the four divisions of the 
Grecian power, when the vision begins it, namely, when this 
certain division was established and that was 301 b. c. There 
is no other from which to begin. In Dan. 7 the little horn 
period covered the entire time till it lost its supremacy, so 
Grecia from the beginning to the close is given in Dan. 8 
with its various divisions, and this thought is strengthened 
in the eleventh chapter, where it is Grecia and its divisions 
again. When Rome controlled this specific territory, Rome 
is referred to, but the divisions are kept divided into the king 
of the south and the king of the north all the time, and 
covered Alexander’s kingdom or territory over which he 
ruled. 

It is different with the shorter periods, for the time is 
plainly stated in the question asked how long it should be 
to the end of these things spoken of in the first part of 
chapter 12; the answer is given from the time the daily 


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sacrifice is taken away, so there can be no question as to 
the beginning of the shorter periods. Dan. 12:8-11. Now 
the reader will notice carefully in Dan. 8:13, “how long will 
be the vision for the continuance of the daily sacrifice and 
transgression of the desolation?” In this the end is desired 
but no beginning is given, while Dan. 12:11 says from the 
time the daily sacrifice shall be taken away shall the two 
shorter periods begin, while the question in Dan. 8 is, when 
shall the end be of that power, and no time to begin the longer 
period is given, so it is clear the longer period covers the 
entire history of the Grecian power in its four divisions. We 
wish now to consider Dan. 8:10-12. 

First, who is the host here mentioned? We reply the 
host of heaven are the Lord’s people. The prince of that 
host is Jesus Christ, the one to whom this power magnified 
himself. Question, what sanctuary is referred to? We again 
reply the sanctuary of the Lord’s people, not merely the temple 
at Jerusalem, but the place of their worship, wherever the 
daily service is conducted. Lev. 26 : 13 . The word sacrifice 
is a supplied word, but not out of place, for the service of 
God is a daily service and also a daily sacrifice, by lifting the 
cross daily and following him. Question, What is the host 
given him against the Lord’s service? We reply, both the 
army of this power and also pretended converts from heathen¬ 
ism who desecrated the service and sanctuary of God. This 
was the defilement of the sanctuary, and the cleansing of it 
will be the removing of that power both physically and spir¬ 
itually from the service of God’s people, and when that is 
done the sanctuary will be cleansed and not till then. But 
says one, this refers to the heavenly sanctuary. We say if 
it does it is a very abrupt way of introducing it, for there is 
nothing said in the chapter about a heavenly sanctuary, or 
that anyone could possibly get an idea that there was such 
a place in heaven. The writer never read that chapter in the 
hundreds of times of reading that it seemed natural to jump 


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from the subject to a heavenly sanctuary, and no doubt the 
same has been the experience of others. Well, it is not there, 
and another jump is to say it is paganism, represented by the 
daily, which was just as foreign to the subject, and the third 
and last jump was to make 30 years difference in the time 
to begin the 1290 days from the beginning of the 1260 years 
or days. This last mistake was made in order to fit the theory 
that paganism was the power taken away, and also in this 
calculation there was an effort to end the 1335 days so it 
would end in the disappointment of the advent people in 
1843-4. (In all these mistakes, as we now view it, we have 
no criticism or disrespect to those who did it. What they 
had at that time seemed to them light, and we give them credit 
for promulgating that position, for it helped many to under¬ 
stand many things in Bible study that they would not other¬ 
wise have been interested in. But now it is our duty to profit 
by this mistake and search more carefully to learn more of 
the truth and profit by what they gave us that was good in 
their research). Having taken a position that the 2300 day 
period begins 301 b. c., we now ask when shall we begin the 
1290 period? We reply at the time the daily sacrifice was 
taken away by the little horn of the Grecian division, or rather 
by the little horn which came out of one of them still later 
in their history. First, what was the little horn that came 
out or controlled one of the four? We reply it was not the 
papacy, for it belonged in the west. But there was another 
power in the history of the east that did a very similar work 
there to the church, that the papal power did in the west, 
and that was Mohammedanism. It was the power that 
scourged the church in the east for centuries, especially men¬ 
tioned under the seven trumpets, as given by John in Rev. 
8:9-11, and the date of its rise was a. d. 628 (see comments 
on Rev. 9:1, the fifth trumpet by U. Smith in “Thoughts on 
Daniel and the Revelation,” page 483). This is the power of 
the east that harassed the church and possessed Jerusalem 


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and the Holy Land, literally treading underfoot the sanctuary 
of the host of heaven in the prophecy and doing the work 
in the eastern empire that the papacy did in the west. 

There is one mistake writers have made in teaching the 
prophecies, namely, not to keep the distinction clear between 
the history of the east and the west The student will observe 
that two of the seven churches have their application in the 
east, two to Catholicism in the west and three to Protestanism. 
Of the seven trumpets four apply to the west, while two apply 
to the east and one to the world. Of the seven seals each 
had its territory where the history applied. Spiritual Baby¬ 
lon has three divisions, one in the east, one in the west and 
one in America; and so in the prophecies of earthly govern¬ 
ments each has its proper place, so one of the little horns 
of Daniel’s prophecy has its application in the west while the 
other in the eighth chapter has its application in the east. 
The prophetic time of the one in the west is 1260 years, the 
one in the east is 1290 years; one ends in 1798, and the other 
begins in 628 and ends in 1918. The 2300 days begins 301 
b. c. and will end a. d. 1999, or 81 years later than the 1290. 
The 1335 days beginning at the same time the 1290 do, will 
end 45 years later than the 1290, which would be a. d. 1963. 
Thus the four periods end as follows: the 1260, 1798; the 
1290, 1918; the 1335 days end 1963; and the 2300 end a. d. 
1999 or 5999 from the creation. This is the time set for the 
cleansing of the sanctuary which has been defiled by this 
power. 

Another proof of this fact is the statement made to Daniel 
by the angel, “I will make thee know what shall be in the 
last of the indignation,” and to the last end of the indignation 
this long period points. For an explanation of what the indig¬ 
nation is we agree with U. Smith’s “Thoughts on Daniel and 
the Revelation,” in his comments on Dan. 8:19, namely, the 
indignation was against his people for their transgressions, 
beginning with the captivity of Babylon and ending with the 


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coming of Christ. So the time of the vision or the cleansing 
of the sanctuary was to be in the last end of the indignation. 
Note, this time is definitely appointed, by what? We reply the 
2300 days. Have we reached the last end of the indignation 
against the Lord’s people? We say no, for Babylon is yet to 
have her severest punishment during the seven last plagues, 
so it is sure that that time appointed has not yet been reached; 
this is positive and no amount of argument will change the 
fact; and further, if Christ is to come at the end of the indig¬ 
nation then His time is also set and there is no evading the 
point. Some even place the ending of this period at the end 
of the 7000 years, but we can not see that there will be any 
indignation then to the Lord’s people, for they will also be 
saved beyond any punishment from the Lord. 

THE SANCTUARY, WHAT IS IT? 

Space will not permit any full discussion of this question. 
Some say the two sanctuaries are heaven and earth. This 
does not seem clear to me from, the system of teaching the 
gospel given by Moses, neither does it seem clear from Paul’s 
explanation in Hebrews. These teachings all appeal to me as 
a place in heaven and in earth, in the place of heaven and earth, 
but there is one thing sure, which all, it would seem would 
admit, namely, so far as the eighth chapter of Daniel is alone 
concerned, the sanctuary mentioned in the different places in 
that chapter all apply to the things of earth and have no 
reference to heaven at all, though there be or may not be 
1000 such places in heaven. And to jump from this chapter 
to a subject which applies to heaven is illogical and unscrip- 
tural, and those who do this admit this, for in order to get it to 
heaven at all they couple the ninth chapter with the eighth 
and claim the ninth is a continuation of the subject of the 
eighth. Now neither position is logical or scriptural, for the 
subject of the 9th is entirely foreign to the eighth. The 
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the desolation of Jerusalem, and that burden came on him 
as a result of his captivity and from reading the book of 
Jeremiah on the length of time Jerusalem would lie waste, 
which was yo years. The whole supposed transfer from the 
eighth to the ninth is based upon one statement, and that is 
on the word “determined.” Take that word out and no one 
would think of connecting them, and if it had not been to 
account for a mistake made in 1843, that would not have been 
done. These are facts. Who would not admit that if the 
eighth chapter had no prophetic time in it, that the word 
determined would not have been proper to use in the ninth 
just as it fs used. No one, I am sure; this is a weak position 
and based on a frail fabric. A certain thing can be determined 
upon without it being cut off of another length of time. Well, 
but they say none understood 8:27, and the angel came to 
give the explanation in the ninth. While this may seem plausi¬ 
ble from King James’ Version, the facts show that Daniel 
did understand (Dan. 8:16, 19), but he in obedience to the 
command to shut it up did so, but none of the others under¬ 
stood it. We quote a Hebrew translation on this point from 
Lesser as follows. “But do thou keep the vision closed up 
for it will come to pass after many days, and I, Daniel, was 
sick and grieved several days, afterwards I rose up and did 
the king’s business, and I was depressed because of the appear¬ 
ance but no one observed it.” Dan. 8:27. 

But we regard the plain narrative as given in these chap¬ 
ters sufficient proof when our attention is called to the matter, 
and we are left to form a conclusion free from former teach¬ 
ing. The period in the ninth as stated applies to the Jewish 
people and begins, as claimed, 457 b. c. It is now evident 
beyond all question that the 2300 days has nothing to do 
with the heavenly sanctuary or the Jews, but is purely a 
prophecy which applies to the governments represented, and 
their work in connection with the people of God on earth. 
Their sanctuary on earth has been cast down, “trodden under- 


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foot,” and the truth has been trampled to the ground, and the 
daily services of the Lord’s people has been broken up, and 
their places of worship have been defiled by heathen customs 
and worship; their places of worship have been defiled by the 
ungodly ceremonies of heathen worship, of both Roman and 
Mohammedan, the doctrines have been mingled with the wine 
of her fornication, and great Babylon in her threefold divisions 
has practiced and prospered; the saints have been persecuted 
who raised a voice against it, and the question was, How long? 
The answer came, unto 2300 days; then the sanctuary should 
be cleansed. God will find a church here as pure as he left 
it. It will be made up from those who are called out of 
Babylon and they will constitute the remnant so often spoken 
of, and this cleansing is the last work before the Lord appears. 
The work is now beginning by sifting out traditions of men 
and in their place substituting the commandments of God. 
But in the feast of tabernacles as Israel was sifted in the 
wilderness the last of that cleansing will be completed and 
then Christ will come to his temple and destroy the wicked. 

We will now take up these periods with some others and 
with some chronology before worked out, and we will see 
how beautifully they will fit together. We can in this article 
but call attention to some points in our chronology men¬ 
tioned, but others have critically examined it and cannot 
see but that it is absolutely correct regarding the age of the 
world. In this book we show abundance of evidence that 
there are allotted 7000 years for the complete work of Christ 
for the restoration of the earth and placing man in his original 
home, the last 1000 years embracing the millennium of 1000 
years; leaving 6000 at the end of which Christ will come the 
second time, no sooner, no later. Now all students of proph¬ 
ecy agree that there will be a time of trouble upon the world 
before the end, in which the plagues will fall, and Armageddon 
will be fought, and we show that during that period the saints 


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will live over the feast of tabernacles. This chronology shows 
that before these take place probation will close. It shows 
that just before the plagues begin to fall, the close of proba¬ 
tion, according to the various periods given, and the chron¬ 
ology also given, will take place in 1918, or 5922 years from 
the creation. The plagues will embrace 30 years (see com¬ 
ments on Zech. 11:8; Hos. 5:6, 7, as given in this book), 
after which follows the feast of tabernacles for 40 years, 
the anti-type of the wilderness experience of Israel after 
leaving Egypt. Now the 1260 years end in 1798, when 
knowledge was to increase. Following this period, 5 years 
later the British Bible society was organized and eighteen 
years later the American Bible society was organized, and 
from that day to this Bibles have been multiplied by the 
million and printed in all languages and sent to all parts of 
the earth. Helps for Bible study have been printed till every 
help man needs to study the Bible with is at his command. 
This work of increase of knowledge will give each person a 
chance to know, if he wish, before probation closes. For 
when probation closes the covenant of grace made with all 
the people to give all a chance to be saved will be broken. 
Zech. 11:10, 11. This takes place at the end of the 1290 
or 1919. The next period is 1335 years. Regarding this 
period Daniel was told he should rest and stand in his 
lot at the end of those days. Where will he rest? We reply 
in the grave, yet he was to stand in his lot. He then is to 
come forth from the grave with those who are allotted to 
be resurrected, so we read in Dan. 12 where this period is 
recorded. At that time many of them which sleep in the dust 
shall awake, some to everlasting life and some to shame and 
everlasting contempt. This is a partial resurrection, which 
will bring forth eye witnesses from among the dead that will 
witness the coming of Christ. Those that pierced him will 
be among that number. This period comes in 45 years after 
probation closes. 


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Now the next period is the 2300 days, beginning 301 b. c. 
The end would be a. d. 1999, or 5999 a. m. It ends in the 
coming of Christ. At this point the sanctuary is to be cleansed 
from every defilement which has been defiling the service of 
God on earth, under this power of the Grecian horn. The 
little horn of Dan. 7:25 was to be taken away in 1798 and be 
consumed to the end, this power of the east is to have a longer 
continuance, but at this point loses its dominion and is con¬ 
sumed or dried up by the plagues. When Christ will come 
suddenly to his temple, that temple is described in the 
prophecy of Ezekiel, beginning with chapter 40 and continuing 
to the close of the book. For a full explanation of the gather¬ 
ing of the remnant to the locality where this temple is to be 
located read the “Yellow Peril” by the writer. God designed 
that knowledge should be increased from the western division, 
but before it could be done the little horn of Dan. 7 must 
lose its power, and so it was and so it has been that the west 
has been the location of freedom in Bible study and especially 
America. It seems that the expression, little horn, was de¬ 
signed to convey the idea of a power that would be connected 
with some special religious move, as the term is used in both 
instances. Dan. 7 said it would be diverse from the others. 
One thing seems certain to the writer, and that is, that the 
position taken by others that the 2300 days ended in 1844 
is a mistake, for time has proven it, if there was nothing else. 
And if the world was to stand yet 4000 years, and this denomi¬ 
nation, now holding this position that the 2300 days ended 
in 1844, was to continue; unless they would do different from 
all other denominations they would still be claiming it ended 
in 1844 with some excuse why Christ did not get through with 
the atonement as claimed by them. As stated in the beginning 
it was no disgrace to make a mistake; in fact the early men 
who arrived at this conclusion from the study of the Bible, 
we have very reason to believe were most earnest Christians, 
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truth; but it seems that those who come in later act quite 
differently. Surely all these denominations cannot be right, 
but the older they get the tighter they cling and the harder 
they are to move in the new views of Bible study. We there¬ 
fore say to the reader, Study this question as though you 
knew nothing of the position of your denomination. Use your 
own judgment with any help you may be able to get, but think 
for yourself and act accordingly. This is a time for increase 
of knowledge and more is required of all. 

THE DEFINITE TIME OF THE VISION. 

In Dan. 8:17 it is said, At the time of the end shall be 
the vision. In verse nineteen the angel said, I will make 
thee know what shall be the last end of the indignation,. In 
verse twenty-five it is stated the little horn power shall be 
broken without hand. In verse sixteen the 2300 days are 
referred to as the consummation of the vision, by saying the 
vision of the evening and the morning is true. Thus we 
must see that this long period reaches to the end of the last 
indignation and to the time of the end, and also to the time 
when the little horn is to be broken without hand. As before 
shown the indignation against the professed people of God 
is not ended till the last plagues are poured upon Babylon, 
the three great divisions of fallen Christendom. The last 
end of that indignation must include the very last days of 
the indignation (see Rev. 14:10; Zeph. 3:8; Isa. 26:19-21), 
the time when the last act will be to destroy the little horn 
power, when it is to be broken without hand, the same as 
the image of Dan. 2. So we again say beyond all ques¬ 
tion that period ends after probation closes, and after or 
at least during the last part of the indignation mentioned; 
and it seems to me it is useless to try to place it nearly a 
hundred years before the time in which we are now living, 
1844. And again, in Dan. 10:14, it is said, I will make thee 
know what shall befall thy people in the latter days, for yet 


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the vision is for many days: and in Dan. n: 35 » it is said 
the Lord’s people shall be purged and made white, even 
to the time of the end, for it is for a time appointed. Follow¬ 
ing this statement the history is given in verses thirty-six 
and forward to the very end, showing again that the vision 
pertaining to the time of the end embraces the history to 
the end itself, for the first verse of chapter twelve says at that 
time shall Michael stand up for the children of thy people, 
and there shall be a time of trouble such as never was, and at 
that time thy people shall be delivered, every one found writ¬ 
ten in the book; and many of them that sleep in the dust of 
the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life and some to 
everlasting shame and contempt. Now this resurrection and 
standing up of Michael called for further explanation to Dan¬ 
iel, and so the angel gave two other periods, referring to the 
standing up of Michael and the resurrection. The standing 
up marks the close of probation, when he takes the kingdom. 
The first period of 1290 days explains when that will be. 
The 1335 days explains when the partial resurrection will 
be, leaving the 2300 days to cover them all and reach the 
fartherest to the cleansing of the sanctuary, which is the 
last act of removing the desecrating power of the little horn. 

There is still another point that needs to be made plain 
concerning the plagues. We have said there was allotted 
thirty years for the falling of the plagues. We gave the ref¬ 
erence for our proof, but note it says this thirty years is 
allotted for the destruction of the three shepherds. See Part 
Two. These shepherds stand for the three spiritual divisions 
of spiritual Babylon under the modern names of the Greek, 
the Roman and Protestant churches. Their power is fully 
broken in this thirty years, but the little horn power of Mo¬ 
hammedanism is not dried up till under the sixth plague, 
showing the plagues are still in existence after the expiration 
of the thirty years; in fact the last one, that of hail and the 
great earthquake, does not take place till the coming of Christ. 


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This shows us that the plagues even last till the end of the 
6000 years, but the things spoken of by the prophet are periods 
mentioned which subdivide the time for certain events which 
will transpire during the period after the close of probation 
till the end itself. 

Will someone tell us how the little horn of Dan. 7125 
could fulfill the prophecy of Dan. 8, where it says the power 
in Dan. 8 was to wax exceeding great toward the south, 
Egypt, towards the east, Assyria and Babylon, and towards 
the pleasant land, Palestine, when these countries were all 
conquered by Rome centuries before the papacy was in exis¬ 
tence, and before the ten horns were in existence? If the 
little horn of Dan. 8 is the same as the little horn of Dan. 7 
then its work must be not prior to its rise. If it was the 
fourth universal kingdom of Rome then the little horn of 
Dan. 7 has nothing to do with the matter. But with the di¬ 
visions of Grecia, Dan. 8, from which one represented as a 
little horn was developed, 301 b. c. and it is evident that horn 
clear through to the end did fulfil the prophecy with its con¬ 
quests in the very territory described by the prophet- between 
the twelfth and sixteenth century. It is therefore certain that 
the two little horns in these two chapters cannot be the same 
power, and no amount of fixing will make it so. If it was 
Rome universal that did the work described then it was not 
the little horn. If the little horn of Dan. 7 is the power 
referred to then it never fulfilled the prophecy and if the 
trumpets of Rev. 9:1 represent the Turks and the prophecy 
of Dan. 8 speaks of the division of that territory into four 
parts, having no reference to the western empire in those 
divisions, then why not admit the little horn of Dan. 8 also 
refers to the east and not to the west? And also grant the 
conquests made to the little horn Dan. 8 or the Turks in 
the east? One thing is certain the Turks made the very 
conquests mentioned and did wax exceeding great. The 
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or 220,000,000 as given by the Funk & Wagnal Encyclopedia. 
Their history is like to that of Rome arising in obscurity 
under very peculiar circumstances; they arose to a mighty 
nation and ruled in their history the center of population of 
the world. Their conquests have been second to none; but 
like Rome before them, their decline and fall is marked in 
sacred history and will at last be consumed by the brightness 
of his coming, and then and not till then will the sanctuary 
be cleansed from all defilement. God’s “indignation” will 
make a clean sweep, and the service of God will then be fully 
restored to his saints. 

ANOTHER PROPHETIC PERIOD 

The reader will notice there is still another prophetic period 
in the diagram of Chronology we have not explained, namely 
the 391 years and 15 days found in Rev. 9:13-15. 

This period is given to teach the duration of the sixth 
trumpet. I11 our former articles on prophetic periods we 
called attention to the distinction that existed between the 
eighth and the seventh chapters of Daniel’s prophecy, showing 
the 1290 years to apply to the eastern empire of Rome, as 
divided into four divisions by Alexander’s successors, and 
the 1260 years having its application to the western empire 
as it applied to the papacy. 

The distinction between these divisions is very marked. 
First, the religion of the two is separate—the east is the 
Greek church; the west is the Latin church. The west was 
divided into ten kingdoms; the east into four divisions. In 
the west the little horn came from among the ten horns. 
In the east the little horn came out of one of the four. The 
western empire was overthrown by the barbarians of the 
north. The eastern empire was overthrown by the hordes of 
Afabians, the followers of Mohammet of the south. The 
little horn of the west was again established by the federation 


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of apostate Christians. The little horn of the east was estab¬ 
lished by Mohammedianism. 

Both professed to believe in the true God; both were a 
bitter scourge to everything that disagreed with them. At 
the end of the prophetic period of 1260 years allotted to the 
west, the papal dominion was to be “taken away to be con¬ 
sumed and destroyed into the end.” At the close of the 1290 
years allotted to the east a time of trouble was ushered in 
such as never was in the world’s history and the Euphrates 
is to be dried up that the way of the kings of the east might 
be prepared. Now does the 390 years expire at the same time 
of the last period named, a. d. 1918. We think it does, for 
the following reasons: First, it belongs to the Mohammedan 
rule as it is brought out in the teaching of the seven trumpets 
of which the fifth and sixth trumpets have their application. 
Rev. eighth and ninth chapters. Second, the character of the 
Mohammedan persecuting power is given as applying to the 
east as follows: “And to them it was given that they should 
not kill them, but they should be tormented five months, and 
their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he 
striketh a man.” “And in those days shall men seek death 
and shall not find it, and -shall desire to die and death shall 
flee from them.” Rev. 9:5, 6. The very title given this power, 
that of Abaddon, which means the destroyer, and Apollyon, 
one who exterminates, defines its character. The papacy in 
the west was to wear out the saints of the Most High. Dan. 
7 125. This power of the east was to be loosed for 391 years 
and 15 days to slay the third part of men. Rev. 9:15. In 
verse 18 it is said, “By these was the third part of men 
killed. From the above comparison of these two divisions 
we see clearly the eastern division must be considered both 
by prophetic periods and the other characteristics given as 
separate and distinct from each other. In fact, the eastern 
division is to be viewed from the standpoint of the trumpets 
as the most dreadful, for the fifth and sixth trumpets which 


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apply to the east are called woe trumpets in contrast with 
the four which preceded them in the west. The definite time 
for the commencement of these 391 years is given, namely 
when the four angels that were bound in the great river 
Euphrates were to be let loose to slay the third part of men. 

The loosening of these angels marked the beginning of 
the sixth trumpet. We now quote what is said about the 
close of this trumpet and the opening of the seventh trumpet, 
“But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel (trumpet) 
when he shall begin to sound the mystery of God shall be 
finished.” Rev. 10:7. The mystery of God is the gospel, and 
when it is finished probation closes. So from this the sixth 
and seventh trumpets meet at the close of probation and so 
we read, “And the seventh angel sounded and there were 
great voices in heaven, saying the kingdoms of this world are 
become the kingdoms of our Lord and of his Christ and He 
shall reign for ever and ever.” Rev. 11:15. 

The seventh trumpet marks the downfall of the world 
and has its application to the events after the close of 
probation. 

In our former examination of prophetic periods and Chron¬ 
ology we found that the 1290 years of Dan. 12 would end 
a. d. 1918 and further that Chronology also marked that 
period for the close of probation. It must now be evident 
to those who consider this period of 391 years, it must end 
at or near the same time. Therefore counting back from 
a. d. 1918 it would bring us to a. d. 1527, and what happened 
at that time that would be in harmony with the prophecy that 
said that those bound in the great river Euphrates should be 
loosed. 

We reply there was just such a thing done and so re¬ 
corded in history that in a. d. 1526 there was waged or 
begun the greatest crusade ever inaugurated by the Turkish 
government. Mr. Sulzman, the great Turkish chieftain, in 
history waged war against the western nations. He sue- 


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ceeded in subduing Hungary, overran Austria, and laid 
siege to the very city of Vienna, and it seemed for a time 
the whole west would be overrun by the Turks and Saracens. 
This war continued for many years and met the fulfillment 
in every fact of the prophecy. The only question that could 
arise is this, those histories examined thus far place the rise 
of this chieftain in the year 1526, when, according to the 
prophecy, it should be one year later, and further we have 
not been able to find definite data to begin the day of decision 
to begin the crusade that we might be able to locate the 
fifteen days ending. The histories consulted only give the year. 
Therefore we offer this explanation of this period as a sug¬ 
gestion for study, believing this, that when the truth is known 
it will be found this period also reaches to the close of proba¬ 
tion. The supposed ending of this period as some have claimed 
to have met its fulfillment on Aug. 11, 1840, at which time 
they claimed Turkey lost its existence as an independent 
nation, is now manifest to all that that claim was not a true 
one. For Turkey has lived, run its own business, declared 
and engaged in war, and occupied every other faculty that 
any other nation has ever acted since that time. It is true 
that the Turk holds a strategic point between the east and 
the west, which neither the east nor the west will allow the 
other to control, but that arrangement did not meet any fulfill¬ 
ment of prophecy like the one we are considering. The sixth 
trumpet is of far greater importance than that. When the 
sixth trumpet ends it ushers in the time of trouble such as 
never was, and it brings the downfall of the world under the 
seventh trumpet. And when the sixth trumpet ends it means 
the gospel work for men has closed. 

There is one point more and that is there is no greater 
evidence in the Bible that history repeats itself than is mani¬ 
fested in the study of the trumpets with that of the seven 
last plagues. The latter is simply a repetition of the trumpets 
in a condensed form, both as to time and the events to happen, 


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thus showing us that not only history before Christ is repeated 
in gentile history since Christ, but history since Christ is 
repeated in the time of trouble. Never was there greater 
reason for Bible study than now, never was so much to be 
gotten by it, for all who will seek honestly for light. 

THE REMNANT OF ISRAEL 

We feel safe in saying there is no class of people more 
frequently mentioned or spoken of than is the Remnant of 
Israel, and we also feel safe when we say there is no class 
less known by the ordinary reader of the Bible. The next 
class mentioned so near in frequency is the Israelites as they 
left Egypt and in their journeys in the wilderness. It is also 
a truth that no two classes in the world’s history has ever 
been so closely paralleled in sacred history as these two classes. 

In order that the reader may see at a glance the import¬ 
ance shown in the Scriptures to the Remnant people in the 
last days we will give just the chapter and verses where they 
are spoken of in the field of prophecy under various titles 
by the different prophets. The Remnant: Isaiah 1:9; 37:31, 
32; 10:20, 21, 22; 11:11, 16; 16:14; 17:3; 46:3. Jeremiah 
6:9; 23:3; 31:7. Ezekiel 14:22. Joel 2:32. Amos 5:15; 
9:12. Micah 2:12; 4:7; 5:3, 7, 8; 7:18. Zephaniah 2:7, 9; 
3:13; Habakkuk 2:8. Zechariah 8:12; Romans 9:27, 28. 
Revelation 12:17. 

They are known under the title of Jacob. Jacob and his 
experience in meeting Esau on his return to Canaan is a type 
of the Remnant of Israel when they will pass through the 
time known as the time of Jacob’s trouble. This will occur 
when modern Edom will pass the law that all shall be killed 
who do not worship the beast and his image. Jer. 30:6, 7. 
See the Yellow Peril by the author. 

Isa. 10:20; 11:4; 27:6; 29:22; 41:8-14; 43:1; 44:1, 2, 5, 
21:22; 58:14; 59:20; 65:9. Jeremiah io;i6; 30:7, 10, 18; 


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31; 7:11; 46:27, 28; 51:19. Ezekiel 39:25. Amos 7:23; 
8 '.7. Micah 5 ’.7, 8; 7:2o. Nahum 2 :2. Malachi 3 :6. 

They are called Israel. This title was given to Jacob as 
the result of his wrestling with the angel when he succeeded 
in obtaining the desired blessing. Therefore it is applied to 
the true Remnant of Israel when they in like manner over¬ 
come and obtain the blessing. The word Jew is used in the 
same manner by Paul when he says he is not a Jew which 
is outward in the flesh, but he is a Jew which is one inwardly 
and circumcised in heart. Rom. 2 :28, 29. This fact should 
be well understood for the reasons that these names are car¬ 
ried down through gentile history. Thus the name Israel 
is applied to the Remnant people in the following places: 
Isaiah 10:17; 11:12, 16; 14:1; 17:3; 19:24, 25; 27:6, 12; 
41:8, 14; 44:1, 5, 6, 21; 45:4; 46:13; 48:1, 12; 55:5; 56:8; 
60:14; 66:20. Jeremiah 6:9; 30:3, 10; 31:4, 7, 9, 10; 32:21, 
3 °; 33 7 5 46:27; 50:4. Ezekiel 9:8; 28:25; 34:14; 37 ' i6 > T 9 > 
21, 22; 38:8, 14, 16, 19; 39:2, 4, 7, 9, 11, 25. Revelation 
7 :4~8. Zion is also a title and place given the Remnant more 
frequently than any other title. It is applied to them in the 
following places: Isaiah 1 '.7, 8, 27, 28; 2 :3 ; 3 :i6, 17 ; 4:3, 4, 
5; 8:18; 10:12, 21, 33; 12:6; 14:22, 32; 16:1, 7; 21:23; 
28:16, 17; 29:8; 30:19; 31:4, 9; 33:5, 14, 20; 34:8; 35:10; 
37:22, 32; 40:9, 10; 41:27; 46:13; 49 -H; 5 1: 3 > 16 ; 5 2:I > 

2, 7, 8; 59:20; 60:14; 61:3; 62:1, 11. Jeremiah 3:14; 4:6, 
31; 6:22, 23; 8:19; 9:19; 14:19; 3 0:I 7; 3^6, 12; 50:5, 28; 
51:10, 24, 30; Joel 2:1, 15, 22, 23; 3:16, 17, 21. Amos 1:2; 
6:7. Obadiah 1:17, 21. Micah 1:13; 3:10, 12, 13; 4:2, 7, 8, 
10, 11. Zephaniah 3:14, 16. Zechariah 1:14, 17; 2:7, 10; 
8:2, 3; 9:9, 13. 

They are called the residue. Isaiah 28:5. They are called 
the dispersed. Isaiah 11:12; Zephaniah 3 :io. They are called 
the cast out. Micah 4:6, 7. Isaiah 16:3, 4; 66:5; Zephaniah 
3:19. Jeremiah 31:17. They are called the fourth part of 
Israel. Numbers 23 :io. Ezekiel 5 :3, 4. They are called 


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out of Babylon. Revelation 18:4; Zechariah 2:7. When 
gathered out they are a most poor and afflicted people. Zeph. 
3:12, 13; Jer. 31:7, 8. They will pass through the time of 
Jacob’s trouble. Jer. 30:5-9. They are gathered during the 
time of trouble or the falling of the seven last plagues. 
Ezekiel 20:33, 34; Amos 9:9, 10. The valley of Achor is 
their only door of hope, and this is a valley of trouble. Hosea 
2:14, 15. There will not be a sick one among them. Jer. 
30:17. Their character will be above reproach. Zeph. 3:12, 
13; Rev. 14:3-5; 12: 17; 14:12. They are covered by a cloud 
by day and a pillar of fire by night. Isaiah 4:4, 5. They 
will know when probation closes by seeing the sign of the 
son of Man in heaven. Zech. 11:10, 11. Now in addition 
to all the above Scriptures we would refer the reader to the 
Yellow Peril by the author which gives the country to which 
the Remnant are gathered and from which countrv they will 
be delivered when Christ shall appear. 

With these references and the help you may obtain fiom 
our writings on the gathering of Israel, the seven last plagues, 
the gathering of the nations and so on, there is no reason 
why this great subject may not be perfectly plain to the most 
humble mind. 

A MOST IMPORTANT LESSON 

We would call especial attention to the field from which 
these references are gathered. When this is done the reader 
will see at once that the burden of all the Old Testament 
prophets was to write the things that pertained to the last 
days, and if any one who would know the truth for the last 
days, must see that they must become familiar with these writ¬ 
ings, and in order for them to do this and know the truth they 
must learn first the principles governing the study of Old 
Testament prophecy as pertaining to modern times. 

Therefore the first principle in this study is to know that 
history of ancient times is to be repeated in our day. The 
character of men is ever the same and what one individual 


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or nation does is only to be repeated by others that will follow. 
This is not strictly speaking in the sense of a type and anti¬ 
type, but it is the result of what men or nations will do under 
similar circumstances. Man’s disposition and character is 
ever the same. Second, as modern names of nations, places 
or cities were unknown then to the people, hence ancient names 
are carried down to modern nations and places where the same 
conditions and character exist. This is all fully brought out 
and explained in our book, the Yellow Peril. 

It is utterly useless to try to understand the Old Testament 
prophets till these principles are understood, for it will only 
result in confusion and discord. If you desire to know that the 
house of Judah, the house of Israel and the division of Eph¬ 
raim exists in gentile Christianity study the verse commentary 
on Hosea in the above book. 

If you would desire to know how the lands of Magog, 
Meshech, Tubal, Togarmah, Gomer, Assyria, Moab, Ammon, 
Esau, Egypt, Palestine, Phyilistia, Israel and so on, study the 
above book and you will see clearly how they all have their 
location and names as used anciently transferred to modern 
times. Also study the verse commentary in the same book on 
Zechariah where you will see the repetition of the feast of 
tabernacles as anciently held in the wilderness to be repeated 
again by the Remnant people. We simply mention these prin¬ 
ciples here for they are most important in order to come to 
the truth as to whom the Remnant people are in the last days. 

We have now the come-outers, as called, claiming they are 
the Remnant. Then also various others, all making their 
boast they are the people spoken of in prophecy. If any one 
will know the truth he will see clearly that not one now 
claiming to be this people have any right whatever to the 
claim. First, if he will but study the character of the Rem¬ 
nant he will see there is not a body or a large portion of 
any body, that would dare claim such. Second, there is not 
even an individual that another could lay his hands on and 


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say for sure he was of those who would make up the Remnant 
people. But if he would study the question further in the 
references given he would see that not all of those who will 
be literally gathered out of the countries when the plagues 
begin to fall will be of the remnant for there must be a 
purging out work done before the real Remnant is developed 
visibly to any one. Ezek. 20:33-38. When all this work is 
done then they can be seen visibly and no sooner. 

And still further this collection of the Remnant people will 
again have the cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night 
as it was in the wilderness. Has any organization now got it ? 
They will again be healed so the true Remnant will not die 
after probation closes. Is this now manifest? 

Some now claim for their organization that it must be 
patterned after the one in the wilderness and thus try to prove 
they are the people. We ask are they in the wilderness? We 
reply in the sense of lacking sound logic based on Scripture 
they are surely in the wilderness badly, at least they are like 
the foxes in the desert. See Eze. 13:4 on the question of 
organization. 

Some claim they are the Remnant people because they 
say they have a prophet among them and try to sustain that 
claim on their own, interpretation of Rev. 12:17. This Scrip¬ 
ture says the Remnant keep the commandments of God and 
have the testimony of Jesus Christ. They then turn to Rev. 
19:10, where it is stated that the testimony of Jesus is the 
spirit of prophecy, and upon this foundation the structure is 
laid to prove they are the people because there is one among 
them, claiming to have the gift of prophecy. Admitting it to 
be true that they have the gift of prophecy (which they have 
not, as they claim), it would not prove their claims. But we 
do not hesitate to say these Scriptures are wrested out of 
their real teachings by those who make this claim. 

We ask where do the Remnant learn the commandments 
of God? We reply from the Bible. Second, how many of 


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them keep the commandments ? We reply all of them—not one 
or even a few of them, but all. We again ask where do the 
Remnant learn and obtain the spirit of prophecy? We reply 
again from the Bible. But, says the opposer, there is but one 
prophet, or at least that is all we have had since we claimed to 
be the Remnant people for the past seventy years. There are 
two* classes especially who make this claim to be the Remnant 
people and have this gift, namely the Mormons and Seventh 
Day Adventists. The Adventists claim they are the true peo¬ 
ple because the Mormons do not keep the whole ten command¬ 
ments as written. We ask, do all Seventh Day Adventists keep 
those commandments? They reply they profess to do so, but 
that does not suffice. It is said the Remnant keep them. We 
again ask if any class can select any number from one up 
that they may be visible to others that they or others may 
know they are the Remnant? They must answer that cannot 
be done till as before stated they are gathered out and purged, 
then those left will keep the commandments of God. 

Now the spirit of prophecy is different for it reveals to 
the Remnant people as scattered abroad things to come by 
showing it to those who will constitute the Remnant when 
gathered out. But this only makes them visible now as 
teachers of truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth 
as given them by the spirit of prophecy. The spirit to proph¬ 
esy and bear witness to the truth is the spirit of Jesus or 
the holy spirit which is designed to lead the believer into 
all truth. The word prophesy is to teach, but there being 
different operations of the same spirit, others were in a special 
sense given visions of the future. But Rev. 12:17 does not 
refer to the gift in that sense, for that text teaches all shall 
have the gift the same as all keep the commandments. Hence 
it must teach us that the Remnant will be students and teachers 
of prophecy the same as they are keepers of the command¬ 
ments and thus all must be enlightened from the law and the 
Prophets and it is so used in speaking of the Remnant in 


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Isaiah 8:20, where it says “if they speak not according to 
the law and the testimony it is because there is no light in 
them.” 

The law and the Prophets constitute the leading features 
of the Bible. The Apostle Peter says the spirit of Christ 
was in the Prophets and through that spirit they testified 
which was literally the testimony of Jesus. In Peter 1:10,11, 
and the Apostle Paul, in speaking of those who live just prior 
to the coming of Christ, say they will come behind in no 
gift even as the testimony of Christ is confirmed in them. 
I Cor. 115-8. The spirit of Christ will take the things of God 
as written by the prophets and reveal those things contained 
in them for the last days that the faithful servant may show 
the people things to come. 

John the Baptist was a forerunner of Christ. He, says 
Christ, was a great prophet, yet we have no record of John 
ever having visions. But he was a teacher of the prophetic 
writings which were designed to prepare the way for Christ’s 
first advent. Christ said he came in the spirit and power of 
Elijah. 

Now we are told in the last chapter of the Old Testament 
that others are to be raised up having that same spirit and 
power in the last days that John had to prepare the way for 
his second advent. This does not imply they are to have 
visions. Far from it. 

We would add if the people would search to know what 
is already written as much as they do these writings written 
by so-called latter day prophets they would be far ahead of 
what they are now in Bible knowledge, and we might further 
say the story is a complete one as written in the Bible pertain¬ 
ing to the closing events of the world and we need no addi¬ 
tion, and the more any one knows of that story the more he 
will see he needs nothing else. But as long as ignorance of 
that which is written exists the people will lay hold of the 
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“But,” asks one, “don’t you believe in the gifts of the 
spirit in the church?” We reply, we certainly do, but we 
want to know that it is the true gift and we can only know 
that by the word of God as revealed in the Bible. We are 
frank to say that not one of any so-called latter day prophets 
are any where near in harmony with Bible teaching. The 
things taught in this book ought to reveal this to any candid 
mind. 

BABYLON AND HER DAUGHTERS 

We will but call attention to this subject, as we have before 
taken the matter up in the books referred to. 

Mother Babylon, as seated upon the scarlet colored beast 
in Rev. 17, is but a symbol of all Christendom. Her daugh¬ 
ters represent the divisions of Christendom. First the Greek 
division, second the Latin division and third the Protestant 
division, and then all the subdivisions into which they are 
divided. Note the call is to “Come out of her my people.” 
This shows us that God’s Remnant, or what is to constitute 
the Remnant, is now scattered through them all—some more, 
some less. Thus it is clear that up to the close of probation 
there is no exclusive body which can be called the Church of 
Christ. This is positive. 

Now this has held good ever since Christ was here and 
before that time. It is further true that Christendom as a 
whole has been called a church during this whole period. The 
seven churches in the third chapter of Revelation prove this 
to be true, for these prophetic churches cover Christendom 
in her history since Christ. So we conclude they are called 
churches because God’s children are in them during their 
history covered. But to say they are the true Church of 
Christ is not true, for that church is made up of Christians 
in deed whose names are written in heaven, and constitute 
the church of the first born. Now some claim, because they 
claim to be the Remnant, they are the Laodicean, or last of 


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these prophetic churches. This is another error, for each 
one of the seven embraced all Christendom during the 
time it covered in its prophetic history. So the last church 
covers all Christendom in the last days. The true church is 
not some organization here on earth, but to the contrary all 
go to make up Babylon in all her confusion and as soon as 
one is developed, organized and named it becomes one of the 
daughters of Babylon, and their doctrine and confusion only 
prove this to be true. Remember the Remnant is the seed 
of the heavenly woman in the twelfth chapter of Revelation 
and true Christians are the seed of that woman in every age 
since there was an organization. It was true in the wilderness 
in the days of Moses. Who would claim the church in the wil¬ 
derness was all Christians and belonged to the heavenlychurch ? 
much less now when Babylon is to soon meet her plagues because 
of her sins and the call is to come out of her. We say be 
not deceived till it is too late and you are found in her 
borders when probation closes. Now is the time to come 
out. Will you do it? 

HIS STORY REPEATED 

In our book, The Yellow Peril, there is a chapter on Tyrus 
showing it to be a subject of prophecy in the last days. In the 
twenty-third Chapter of Isaiah, there is a period of seventy 
literal years and reads thus: 

“And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten 
seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of 
seventy years shall Tyre sing as a harlot. And it shall come to pass 
after the end of seventy years, that the Lord will visit Tyre, and she 
shall turn to her hire, and shall commit fornication with all the king¬ 
doms of the world upon the face of the earth. And her merchandise 
and her hire shall be holiness to the Lord: it shall not be treasured 
nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before the 
Lord, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing.” Isah. 23:15, 17, 18. 

If any one will but take the time to read from the eleventh 


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chapter to the twenty-third of Isaiah he will see clearly that the 
Prophet is writing a history which has its application in the end 
of the world. But it is all under ancient names as they were 
to be applied to modern nations in our day, all of which is ex¬ 
plained in the book referred to. Hence in the twenty-third 
chapter in the verses quoted, there is a period of seventy years 
in which modern Tyre is to be forgotten. To what time does 
this history apply ? We reply to the time after probation closes. 
Our reason for this we now give. 

It is said that Tyre shall commit fornication with all the 
kingdoms of the earth, at the end of the seventy years, and her 
merchandise shall be given to those who “dwell before the 
Lord.” Read this carefully and then compare this federation 
with the federation of the eighty-third Psalm and you will see 
that those who wait before the Lord are there called the Hidden 
ones, or what other Scriptures call the Remnant. Then if you 
will turn to Ezekiel, thirty-eighth and thirty-ninth chapters, you 
will find they are all speaking of Armageddon when the final 
effort will be made to 1 destroy the Remnant and by comparing 
Zechariah 14:11 with the above you will find how the merchan¬ 
dise is gathered and from whom it comes from. Bear in mind 
that Armageddon is but one signal battle and that is against the 
Remnant. It is not the war in connection with the time of 
trouble when the Nations will fight with each other, but in a 
signal battle in which the Lord fights as in ancient times and 
that is why it receives the name of Armageddon, for it is fought 
like the one at Megiddo. 

The reader will remember there was given in our Chron¬ 
ology a table showing a period of thirty years and one of forty, 
both occurring after the close of probation. 

This seventy years mentioned by Isaiah gives these two 
periods united in one in literal time thus covering both periods. 

The Babylonish captivity of seventy years has also the same 
application as brought to view in the twenty-fifth chapter of 


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Jeremiah and in the book of Zechariah. We offer this brief 
explanation here, trusting the reader will examine the books 
referred to for further evidence. 

MY TWO WITNESSES. 

“And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall 
prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in 
sackcloth. These are the two olive trees, and the two candlestioks 
standing before the God of the earth. And if any man will hurt them, 
fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and 
if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed. These 
have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy; 
and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the 
earth with all plagues, as often as they will.” Rev. 11:3-6. 

The prophet says these are the two olive trees and the two 
candlesticks that stand before the Lord of the earth. This is 
further explained in Zechariah thus: 

“Then answered I, and said unto him, What are these two olive 
trees upon the right side of the candlestick and upon the left side 
thereof? And I answered again, and said unto him, What be these 
two olive branches which through the two golden pipes empty the 
golden oil out of themselves? And he answered me and said, Knowest 
thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord. Then said he, 
These are the two anointed ones, that stand by the Lord of the whole 
earth.” Zech. 4:11-14. 

In verse six it is further explained to be the Word of the 
Lord. Oil is the symbol of the spirit of God. Says Christ, 
“My word is spirit and it is life.” In brief, these symbols are 
designed to teach us how there are two in heaven especially 
commissioned to impart light to those who write prophecies for 
the people. In the temple service the lesson was taught by a 
golden candlestick sitting between the law of God and the table 
of shew bread representing two phases of truth—one the law, 
the other the gospel, as explained in this book under the sign of 
the everlasting covenant. 

Now the point is, what are the two witnesses referred to in 


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Revelation, ninth chapter? We reply they are the law and the 
prophets, and not the Old and the New Testament as some 
claim. One reason for this would be that such books were not 
in existence when John wrote this prophecy. Another reason 
is that such a division of the Bible was not made by God but by 
man, and should never have been made, and still another reason 
is the Bible itself shows what the two witnesses are. Any one 
can see, if he will stop to think, that the word of God is divided 
into two divisions—namely, the law and the prophets. Says 
the prophet to the law and to the testimony, “If they speak not 
according to this word it is because they have no light in them.” 

John says they have power to shut heaven that it rain not. 
This was done by Elijah the prophet. He again says they have 
power to turn the water into blood. This was done by Moses. 
It is further said by John that they prophesied in sackcloth and 
ashes during the twelve hundred and sixty years of papal perse¬ 
cution. That is they (the law and the prophets) taught during 
that time, or rather were taught, in sackcloth and ashes. They 
were greatly hindered in the work God designed the word to 
do during the dark ages. The voice of the prophets is the 
voice of the Holy Ghost. 

“Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, 
which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before concerning 
Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus.” Acts 1 :i6. 

But says one, the law and the prophets only continued till 
John. Here is the Scripture relied upon: 

“The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the 
kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it. And it 
is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail. 
Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth 
adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband 
committeth adultery.” Luke 16:16-18. 

You will notice the writer immediately after saying they con¬ 
tinued till John said, “It was easier for heaven and earth to 
pass than for one tittle of the law to fail,” and then continued 


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to teach the law. It therefore says these divine principles 
were taught even to John. Matthew makes it clearer: 

“And from the days .of John the Baptist until now the kingdom 
of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force. For all 
the prophets and the law prophesied until John. And if ye will receive 
it, this is Elias, which was for to come. He that hath ears to hear, 
let him hear.” Matt. 11:12-15. 

This says at the time of John the Kingdom of heaven suf¬ 
fered violence and the violent took it by force. This means that 
as John taught the law and the prophets bitter opposition was 
manifested against that teaching, which teaching was really the 
kingdom of heaven, and the opposition was so strong it took it 
by force. We can say that opposition has continued ever since 
to those divine principles of the law and the prophets. But we 
are glad to say there is power in them and God will witness to 
them though it causes nations to be overthrown as it did the 
Jews. Christ understood this when He said to the rich man, 
“They have Moses and the prophets, let them hear them; if 
they will not hear them, they would not believe though one rose 
from the dead.” This is as true today as it was then. 

Did the reader ever think why Moses and Elias appeared 
with Christ on the mount of Transfiguration which was a repre¬ 
sentation of the second advent of Christ? The occurrence was 
designed to teach that Moses was the representative of the law 
as given to him on Sinai, Elias the representative of the prophets, 
and they are both spoken of in the last chapter of the Old Tes¬ 
tament thus: 

“Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded 
unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments. 
Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the 
great and dreadful day of the Lord: And he shall turn the heart of 
the fathers to the children, and the heart ,of the children to their 
fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.” Mai. 4 :4-6. 

This is a prophecy that pertains to the last days, therefore 


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it teaches us that the teaching of the law and the prophets 
must continue till the close of time. 

Christ said that John came in the spirit and power of Elijah, 
that is, he had a message for the people as did Elijah. His mes¬ 
sage was to teach the prophecies that related to the first advent 
of our Lord. So in like manner will the Remnant repeat over 
the same kind of a spirit and will teach the prophecies pertain¬ 
ing to the second advent of Christ. 

Christ understood how to teach the Bible for we read how 
he taught the disciples, “Beginning at Moses and all the proph¬ 
ets.” Luke 24:27. John says the law came by Moses, but grace 
and truth by Jesus Christ. John 1 :iy. The truth of the law 
came to us through Moses as Christ gave it to him. Grace 
and truth the Gospel came through the prophets as he gave it 
to the prophets. 

“For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord 
your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me ; him shall 
ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you. And it shall 
come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall 
be destroyed from among the people.” Acts 3:22, 23. 

The power to teach the prophecies is granted through the 
Holy spirit and as they teach it they are teaching the testimony 
of Jesus for it is His testimony to the people and it testifies to 
the people by the holy prophets as they wrote it for the church. 

“Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched 
diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you: 
Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which 
was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of 
Christ, and the glory that should follow.” I Peter, 1:10, 11. 

Now the Remnant people will come behind in no gift of 
teaching as we read: 

“I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God 
which is given you by Jesus Christ; that in every thing ye are 
enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge; even as the 
testimony of Christ was confirmed in you: So that ye come behind 


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in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.” 
I Cor. 114-7. 

We read that John was banished for the testimony of Jesus 
Christ. Rev. 9. This shows that he was teaching the prophe¬ 
cies written beforehand which caused his banishment after¬ 
wards. He had given him the book of Revelation wherein 
Christ testified to the churches through the prophecy of the 
book. This teaches first, the testimony of Jesus is that which 
Jesus reveals to the prophet wherein he bears His testimony. 
Second, the teacher has the testimony of Jesus with which he 
teaches the testimony of Jesus written by the prophets. But 
it is in a secondary sense that the teacher has it. The prophet 
who first writes simply writes the testimony of Jesus. The 
teacher teaches the testimony of Jesus as it is written. 
The testimony of Jesus in Rev. 19:10 is called the spirit of 
Prophecy. It doesn’t say it is the spirit to prophesy. John 
the Baptist had in a very large degree the spirit of prophecy, 
but we have no record of him uttering prophecy for future 
use in the church. 

The spirit and power of Elijah as promised in the last days 
to the Remnant is the spirit to teach the prophecies already 
written, and as the Remnant get the commandments of God 
to teach to the people out of the Bible so will they get the 
prophecies out of the Bible and thus have the commandments 
of God and the testimony of Jesus. Or in other words, they 
will be teachers of the law and the prophets, and thus will 
have the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus. Rev. 
14:12. 

Now John says these two witnesses shall finish their testi¬ 
mony under the second woe, which is the sixth trumpet. Rev. 
11:14. They were to prophesy in sackcloth for twelve hun¬ 
dred and sixty years, which ended 1798, but they were to finish 
their testimony in the closing of the second woe. The third 
woe under the seventh angel, or trumpet, speaks of the time 
of trouble. So here it is positively stated the testimony of 


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these two witnesses is to be finished with the finishing of the 
sixth trumpet. 

There is a terrible effort made against these two witnesses 
at the time of their finishing their testimony, brought to view 
in Rev. 11 :y. It is by the beast that ascendeth out of the bot¬ 
tomless pit. This beast is brought to view at the beginning of 
the opening of the fifth trumpet or first woe, and it there ap¬ 
plies to Mohammedanism as it arose. Rev. 9:6. The result 
of this war against the two witnesses is they are represented 
as being killed for three days and a half or that many years. 
This no doubt will be fulfilled in connection with the close of 
probation. The world is passing into infidelity as fast as pos¬ 
sible and especially oppose these two leading principles of the 
Bible, the Law and the Prophets. Just how this may be 
brought about we know not, but one thing is sure, namely 
every word spoken by these two witnesses will come to pass. 
We introduce this study on the two witnesses principally to 
show first who they are; second, when the close of their testi¬ 
mony for the salvation of men will cease. 

The Bible is the most scientific book ever written and 
while the world is seeking for science falsely, so called, let the 
Remnant seek for that wisdom which cometh down from 
above. 

And now for our final proof text to place before the teacher 
that the law and prophets are the two witnesses we quote as 
follows: 

“But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, 
being witnessed by the law and the prophets; even the righteousness 
of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them 
that believe: for there is no difference.” Rom. 3:21, 22. 

CONCLUSION 

We wish in conclusion to emphasize in the mind of the 
reader that one thought that the whole Scriptures are based 
upon the first seven days of creation time. This foundation 


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upon which the Scriptures are based must be apparent to 
any one who will become acquainted with the teaching of the 
law of Moses where all truth was taught by the object lesson 
system; the sprinkling of blood seven times; showing the time 
Christ would be in the redemption of the world; the seventh 
or Sabbatic year; the seventh year of release of the servitude 
of the poor; the seventh day those who had been defiled were 
permitted to come into the camp; the sprinkling of those who 
had become defiled by touching the dead on the seventh day 
with the ashes of the red heifer; the cleansing of the leper 
on the seventh day; the ordinance of circumcision on the 
eighth day which was the sign of the final inheritance of the 
saved in the new earth following the 7000 years; Enoch the 
seventh from Adam, a type of those who will be translated 
at the beginning of the 7000 years; the surrounding of Jericho 
seven times as they were entering the promised land, a type 
of the destruction of the wicked at the close of the 7000 
years before the final inheritance. All these and many more 
teach this great truth which forms the basis of all the Bible. 
It is also a fact that all national prophecy ends with the close 
of 6000 years. The end of 6000 years is the culmination of 
all the teaching of the Bible concerning the salvation of man 
prior to the coming of Christ. Should there be any mistake in 
our teaching it could only be the time allotted for the close 
of probation, and that could only come by the last periods 
of thirty, forty and seven years overlapping which would ex¬ 
tend the time of the close of probation. Be that time as it 
may, one thing is certain: It is not far wrong and happy is 
the man or woman who is prepared for the event and is 
aiding the message which calls the attention of the people 
to the great theme now due the world. As for ourselves 
we prefer to be found trying to know the truth, even though 
we make a small mistake, rather than to be a coward and 
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